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| − | Easter ||[[Galactic Fair 1969]] | + | Easter ||[[Galactic Fair 1969]]. |
| − | April 21–24 ||First [[AggieCon]] held | + | April || First [[Ditmar Awards]] given. |
| − | June 6-8 ||First [[PgHLANGE]] held | + | April 21–24 ||First [[AggieCon]] held. |
| − | July 20 ||Apollo 11 Moon landing | + | June 6-8 ||First [[PgHLANGE]] held. |
| − | August | + | July 20 ||Apollo 11 [[Moon]] landing: Neil Armstrong takes “one small step....” |
| − | October 29 ||Internet created | + | August 28–September 1 (Labor Day) ||[[St. Louiscon]] ([[Worldcon]]). |
| − | November 15 ||[[OctoCon I]], the first convention of the series later re-named [[MileHiCon]] held | + | October 29 ||Internet created. |
| − | ||[[Tolkien Society]] formed | + | November 15 ||[[OctoCon I]], the first convention of the series later re-named [[MileHiCon]] held. |
| − | ||''[[Fantasy Times]]'' / ''[[Science Fiction Times]]'' ceases publication | + | ||[[Tolkien Society]] formed. |
| − | ||''[[All Our Yesterdays]]'' published | + | ||''[[Fantasy Times]]'' / ''[[Science Fiction Times]]'' ceases publication. |
| − | ||[[Eddie Jones]] [[TAFF]] trip | + | ||''[[All Our Yesterdays]]'' published. |
| + | ||[[Eddie Jones]] [[TAFF]] trip. | ||
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Revision as of 21:39, 13 October 2022
| Easter | Galactic Fair 1969. |
| April | First Ditmar Awards given. |
| April 21–24 | First AggieCon held. |
| June 6-8 | First PgHLANGE held. |
| July 20 | Apollo 11 Moon landing: Neil Armstrong takes “one small step....” |
| August 28–September 1 (Labor Day) | St. Louiscon (Worldcon). |
| October 29 | Internet created. |
| November 15 | OctoCon I, the first convention of the series later re-named MileHiCon held. |
| Tolkien Society formed. | |
| Fantasy Times / Science Fiction Times ceases publication. | |
| All Our Yesterdays published. | |
| Eddie Jones TAFF trip. |
Births and Deaths:
Adam Nevill - Alexander C. Irvine - Annalee Newitz - Benjamin Rosenbaum - Celia Keller - Charlie Jane Anders - Christopher Rowe - Daniel Abraham - Daryl F. Mallett - David Anthony Durham - David Mitchell - Elizabeth Cullen - Frank Gruber - Greye La Spina - Harold Piser - J. R. Ward - Jack Wiedenbeck - James Swallow - Jan Lars Jensen - John Picacio - John Scalzi - John Wyndham - Jonquil Leiber - Keith R. A. DeCandido - Kelly Link - Kira Heston - Leslie Croutch - Leslie V. Heald - Lev Grossman - Louise Leipiar - Marijane Johnson - Mark Finn - Mary Robinette Kowal - Noel Loomis - Norman Lindsay - Paul Capon - Randy Byers - Robert Gibson Jones - Sandra Bond - Scott Sigler - Seabury Quinn - Seth A. Johnson - Sherryl Vint - Tade Thompson - Vincent Villafranca - Willy Ley
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
...And Behold, Cushi Came - 30% Bran (with Raisins) - A Hitchie is a Flange Only Smaller - Akos - Anomaly - Australian Tolkien Society Newsletter - Aux Armes - BOSH - Belladonna's Broadsheet - Bibliographica Futurica Fantastica Checklist - Bybyn-Bubyn - Chatterings - Chopping Block - Clattering - Convention: Newsmagazine for SF Convention Planners - Corr - CosmoStilletto - Cosmos - Crog - Crossroads - DASFS Journal - DEC 27th, 1968 - DNQ - Dallascon Bulletin - Den suckande tungan - Detours - Doorway - Double:Bill - Eos - Everyone Needs a Kitten - Famous Science Fiction - Fantasy Times - Filksong Manual - Foop - Forum International - Golux - Grimy Gulch Gazette - Harpies - Hobbitalia - I Am Not a Number - Id - Imryrr - In Retrospect - Info - Interim - Journal of Non-Objective Demonology - L'Ange Jacque - Lethe - London Newsletter - Luna Monthly - M31 - Magic Is Afoot - Mathom - Maybe - Metro - Minneapolis in '73 Filksong Book - Moebius Trip - Mojo Entmooter - Monolith - Moon Shot Oneshot - Moth - Nargothrond - Neutrino - News from Bree - Nightmare - ODD - Oz - Perihelion - Pertinence - Phantasmicom - Plak-Tow - Proceedings of the Thomas Love Peacock Society of Australia - Prospectus - Quark - Raki and the Electric Gafia - SF Commentary - Science Fiction News - Science Fiction Newsletter - Seldon's Plan - Sfinx - Son of the WSFA Journal - Sons of Bacchus - T Negative - Terran Times - The Barsoomian - The Exchange - The Green Town Review - The Hobbit Coloring Book - The MISFITS Bulletin - The Squirrel's Tale - The Wootton Major Journal - Transplant - Troat - Two Heads Are Better Than One - Vertigo - Vinegar Worm - Voyage - Weird Fantasy - What About Us Grils? - Witchcraft and Sorcery - Xerozine 00 - Yac'sone - Zine
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fanhistory:
New fanspeak coined:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Australian Tolkien Society Newsletter - Crog - Ditmar Awards - Eighth Australian Science Fiction Convention - Eos - M31 - Melbourne Science Fiction Club Achievement Award - Norman Lindsay - Proceedings of the Thomas Love Peacock Society of Australia - SF Commentary - Science Fiction News - Terran Times
Britain:
...And Behold, Cushi Came - 30% Bran (with Raisins) - Adam Nevill - Belladonna's Broadsheet - Bob Richardson Memorial Award for Most Authentic Heroic Fantasy Costume(s) - Bybyn-Bubyn - Chopping Block - Clattering - Cosmos - DEC 27th, 1968 - David Mitchell - Fantasy Centre - Foop - Galactic Fair 1969 - Hawkwind - In Retrospect - Info - Interim - James Swallow - John Wyndham - Leslie V. Heald - London Newsletter - Monolith - Moon Shot Oneshot - Moth - Nightmare - Oz - Paul Capon - Pertinence - Sandra Bond - Sfinx - Tade Thompson - The Squirrel's Tale - The Tolkien Society - Transplant - Two Heads Are Better Than One - Weird Fantasy - Yac'sone - Zine
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1969 Conference on Middle Earth - 1969 Detroit Triple Fan Fair - 1969 Open ESFA - 1969 Worldcon Site Selection - A Hitchie is a Flange Only Smaller - AggieCon - AggieCon I - Akos - Al Andrews Typewriter Fund - Alexander C. Irvine - Annalee Newitz - Anomaly - Aux Armes - BOSH - Balticon 3 - Baltimore in '71 - Baycon 2001 - Baycon II in '72 - Benjamin Rosenbaum - Bibliographica Futurica Fantastica Checklist - Boskone 6 - Brookline High School SF Club - Brophy - Bubonicon - Carolina Fan Federation - Celia Keller - Charlie Jane Anders - Chatterings - Christopher Rowe - Columbus in '69 - Conference on the Bibliography of Science Fiction - Convention: Newsmagazine for SF Convention Planners - Corr - CosmoStilletto - Crossroads - DASFS Journal - Dallascon Bulletin - Daniel Abraham - Daryl F. Mallett - David Anthony Durham - DeepSouthCon 7 - Delasalle High School Fan Enclave - Detours - Disclave 13 - Doorway - Double:Bill - Elizabeth Cullen - Everyone Needs a Kitten - FUNcon - FUNcon II - Famous Science Fiction - Fantasy Times - Filksong Manual - Frank Gruber - Golden Gate Futurians - Golux - Greye La Spina - Grimy Gulch Gazette - Harold Piser - Harpies - Hobbitalia - Houston Science Fiction Society - I Am Not a Number - Id - Imryrr - J. R. Ward - Jack Wiedenbeck - John Picacio - John Scalzi - Jonquil Leiber - Journal of Non-Objective Demonology - Kansas Citicon in 77 - Keith R. A. DeCandido - Kelly Link - Kira Heston - L'Ange Jacque - Lethe - Lev Grossman - Los Angeles in '69 - Louise Leipiar - Luna Monthly - Lunacon 12 - Magic Is Afoot - Marcon IV - Marijane Johnson - Mark Finn - Mary Robinette Kowal - Mathom - Maybe - Metro - Midwestcon 20 - MileHiCon - Minicon 2 - Minneapolis in '73 Filksong Book - Moebius Trip - Mojo Entmooter - Nargothrond - Neutrino - News from Bree - Newton South High School SF Club - Noel Loomis - ODD - OctoCon I - Octocon I - Oklacon - Perihelion - PgHLANGE - PgHLANGE I - Phantasmicom - Philcon 1969 - Plak-Tow - Prospectus - Quark - Raki and the Electric Gafia - Randy Byers - Return With Us Now - Robert Gibson Jones - Science Fiction Newsletter - Science Fiction South Africa - Scott Sigler - Seabury Quinn - Secondary Universe II - Seldon's Plan - Seth A. Johnson - Sherryl Vint - Slanapa - Son of the WSFA Journal - Sons of Bacchus - Southwestercon 1969 - St. Louis in '69 - St. Louiscon - Dave Kyle's St. Louiscon Reminiscence - T Negative - The Barsoomian - The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy - The Eaton Fanzine Collection - The Exchange - The Green Town Review - The Hobbit Coloring Book - The MISFITS Bulletin - The Wootton Major Journal - The Year We Ended the Worldcon - Tijuana in '69 - Troat - Vertigo - Vincent Villafranca - Vinegar Worm - Voyage - Wayne Third Foundation - What About Us Grils? - Willy Ley - Witchcraft and Sorcery - Xerozine 00
Rest of the World:
| 1968 | 1969 | 1970 |
