1945

February 3−4	Boskone IV.
March	Amazing publishes "I remember Lemuria," initiating the infamous Shaver Mystery.
March	VAPA formed.
May 12	Winston Churchill makes first use of iron curtain.
July 7–8	1945 Michiconference.
August 6	U.S. drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
August 9	U.S. drops second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
August 14	V-J Day: End of World War II
Labor Day	No Worldcon held.
September 2	Boskone V.
September 15	Atom-Noak, the first Swedish sf club founded.
December	ESFA founded, though not yet with that name.
	Futurians disbanded.
	The National Fantasy Fan first published (replacing Bonfire).

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Births and Deaths:

Alden Ackerman - Amy Wolfthal - Angus Taylor - Bertil Mårtensson - Bill Bridget - Bruce Henstell - Charles Platt - Charles Williams - Connie Willis - D. West - Dave Britton - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - delphyne joan woods - Denny Lien - E. R. Eddison - Earl Kay - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - Fred Lerner - Gay Haldeman - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Ian Stewart - Jack Dann - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Joe Ross - Jon Gustafson - Joy Chant - Karl Edward Wagner - Kate Wadey - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Kristina Hallind - Laniac - Larry Montgomery - Larry Nielson - Larry Propp - Lee Eastman - Lois Lavender - M. John Harrison - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - Mary Reed - Mats Linder - Michael Bishop - Michael Walsh - Mike Ward - Miles J. Breuer - Oyvind Myhre - Peder Carlsson - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Philip H. Turner - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Rich Dengrove - Richard A. Hauptmann - Rob Chilson - Robert Calvert - Ron Bounds - Sam Long - Susan Petrey - Tom Ölander - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Whitley Streiber - Yvonne Rousseau

Convention series started or ended:

Michiconference

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - Ad Infinitum - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Afterthoughts - Allegory - BFS Beyond - BT -- His Pages - Banshee - Because of Circumstances Beyond - Beowulf - Booklist - British Fantasy Society Prospectus - Caliban - Centauri - Chaos - Creep, Shadow! - Destiny's Child - Directory of Anglofandom - Discrete - Falling Petals - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fantasy Review - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - Futurian War Digest - GAPA Vanguard - Gemini - Heeling Error - High Points - Highpoints - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - It - Janus - Joe's Jottings - K'taogm-m - Laniac - Leprechaun - Luna Pono - Mac's GI Journal - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Nonesuch - Number - Phantasphere - Renascence - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Take-Off! - Tellus - Temper - The Alden Press - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - The TinCan Wonder - Three Fingers - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - V-R Record Review - Vampire - Voice - Wee Tome Tipper - X Document

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Science-Fiction Service

Clubs founded or disbanded:

The Arisians - ESFA - Galactic Roamers - SI/ASFA

Fanhistory:

Immortal Storm - X Document

New fanspeak coined:

Tuckerization

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Jack Dann - Yvonne Rousseau

Britain:

BFS Beyond - Booklist - British Fantasy Society Prospectus - Charles Platt - Charles Williams - D. West - Dave Britton - Directory of Anglofandom - E. R. Eddison - Futurian War Digest - Gemini - Ian Stewart - Joy Chant - M. John Harrison - Mary Reed - Nonesuch - Philip H. Turner - Robert Calvert - Science-Fiction Service

Canada:

Angus Taylor - Michael Walsh - Voice

Europe:

Bertil Mårtensson - Kristina Hallind - Mats Linder - Oyvind Myhre - Peder Carlsson - Rachel Pollack - Tom Ölander

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1945 Michiconference - A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - Ad Infinitum - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Afterthoughts - Alden Ackerman - Allegory - Amy Wolfthal - The Arisians - BT -- His Pages - Banshee - Because of Circumstances Beyond - Beowulf - Bill Bridget - Boskone IV - Boskone V - Bruce Henstell - Caliban - Centauri - Chaos - Charles Platt - Connie Willis - Creep, Shadow! - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - delphyne joan woods - Denny Lien - Destiny's Child - Discrete - ESFA - Earl Kay - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - Falling Petals - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fantasy Review - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - Fred Lerner - GAPA Vanguard - Galactic Roamers - Gay Haldeman - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Heeling Error - High Points - Highpoints - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - It - Jack Dann - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Janus - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Joe Ross - Joe's Jottings - Jon Gustafson - K'taogm-m - Karl Edward Wagner - Kate Wadey - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Laniac - Larry Montgomery - Larry Nielson - Larry Propp - Lee Eastman - Leprechaun - Lois Lavender - Luna Pono - Mac's GI Journal - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - Mary Reed - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Michael Bishop - Michiconference - Mike Ward - Miles J. Breuer - Number - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Phantasphere - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Renascence - Rich Dengrove - Richard A. Hauptmann - Rob Chilson - Ron Bounds - SI/ASFA - Sam Long - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Susan Petrey - Take-Off! - Tellus - Temper - The Alden Press - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - The TinCan Wonder - Three Fingers - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - V-R Record Review - VAPA - Vampire - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Wee Tome Tipper - Whitley Streiber - X Document

Rest of the World: