1944

Spring	Offices of Astounding visited by FBI to see where Cleve Cartmill is getting this atomic bomb stuff.
Easter	Eastercon.
May 28	The last Staplecon held.
June 6	D-Day.
June 17–19	Michicon 4.
Labor Day	No Worldcon held.
October 7−9	Little Chicon.
Late	Fourth Fandom begins.
	Jack Speer publishes Fancyclopedia 1.
	The beginning of the Shaver Mystery in a letter in Amazing.

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Births and Deaths:

Alan F. Beck - Alistair Durie - Annette Carrico - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Blaine Dunmire - Blake Maxam - Bob Madsen - Bruce Pennington - Carol Severance - Chris Boyce - Christopher Stasheff - Damien Broderick - Dave Locke - Dave Vanderwerf - David Feintuch - David Gerrold - David Wright O'Brien - Donna Haraway - E. F. De La Roi - Eddy C. Bertin - Eleen Tackett - Emanuel Lottem - Erik Arthur - Fred Hemmings - Gail Barton - Ginjer Buchanan - Glen Cook - Hank Davis - Harry Andruschak - Harvey Greenblatt - Hen Flanders - Jack Chalker - Jeff Jones - Jim Martin - John F. Carr - John Guidry - Jon Bing - Karen G. Jollie - Katherine Kurtz - Linda Strickler - Luise Perrin - Michael Lord - Mike Don - Molly Gloss - Orville Kerkow - P. J. Plauger - Paul Freehafer - Phil Kaveny - Phyllis Ann Karr - Richard Bowes - Richard C. West - Rick Cook - Rick Katze - Ricky Kagan - Robert W. Franson - Roger C. Schlobin - Roland J. Green - Rowena Morrill - Stanley Schmidt - Terry Brooks - Trevor Jones - Vernor Vinge - Walt Sullivan

Convention series started or ended:

Buffalocon - Midvention - Norcon - Staplecon

Onetime conventions:

Bufflocon 1944 - Dovention - Little Chicon

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Ad Infinitum - An Anonymous Civilian - Arcadia - Arcana - Around the World in ??? Days - Astra - Bay Area Le'Fout - Bay Area Pullova - Beulah's Scrapbook - Bixel Bunk - Black & White - Black Star - Blitherings - Bonfire - British American Bulletin - Bronsonia - Buap! - Captain Future - Celephais - Chartreuse and Shocking Pink - Claude Degler and the FAPA - Cosmian World - Cosmic Booklet - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Circle Monthly - Cosmic Circle White Paper - Cosmic Dust - Cosmique - Curved Space - Cushlamochree - Cygni - Delerium Tremens - Delirium Tremens - Devil Take the Hindmost - Diablerie - Directory of Fandom - Dixie Phoenix - Doctor Ashley and Mr Lowndes - Doctor Ashley and Mr. Lowndes - Eccentric's Orbit - Elmurmurings - Emergency Flare - Ephemeron - FAPA Blotter - FAPA Index (Mailings 1-28) - Fan - Fan Journalist - Fan Slants - Fancyclopedia 1 - Fandbooks - Fantast's Folly - Fantasy Forum - Felix - Fen - Fido - Fleeting Moments - FutuREsearch - Future Fandom Stories - Futuria - Futurian Advance - Futurian Letters - Gemini - Glom - History of the Future Index - Intelligence Quotient - Investigation in Newcastle - Invictus - Jack Speer and Fandom - Janus - Jody's Comic Courier - Lamppost - Lethe - Luna Pono - Mac's GI Journal - Mars - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Membership Report - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Microcosmos - Midge - Modern Michelist - Nebula - New Concept - Open Letter re Pha - Open Letter to All Members of FAPA - Outlandi - Paradox - Parnassus - Personality Pamphlet - Phan - Polaris - Presenting -- Adam Singlesheet - Report to Science Fiction Fandom: Jack Speer and the Anti-C. C. Campaign - Rosebud - Rouzine - STF Comment - Sands of Time - Sardonyx - Sci-Fic Variety - Shangri-Luna'Ffairs - Shottle Bop Card - So Saari - Songs for Sorrow and Beauty - Space=Time - Spicy Tellus - Star-Bound - Star-Studded Square Soothsayer - Stellar - Stinking Sudsy Stories - Tag-Line Musings? - Take-Off! - The Bedside Fassbeinder - The FAPA Fan - The Knanve - The Mad Muse - The New Hieroglyph - The Nucleus - The Organization of Fandom - The Panty Raiser - The SF Democrat - The Stump - The Timebinder - The Unique Magazine - The Works - These Amazing Amendments - These Amazing Amendments! - Thoth - Toward Tomorrow - Transactions of the Cosmos Club - Trends - Troy - Twenty-First Century - Twilight Echoes - Ty-dings - Venal - Venus - Venus-Con - Vertigo - Walt Daugherty's Directory of Fandom - Wee Tome Tipper - What Is Science Fiction Fandom?

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

The Arisians - Philadelphia Futurians - Planeteers - SI/ASFA

Fanhistory:

Conventions in the UK before 1948 - Fancyclopedia 1 - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Vulcan Publications

New fanspeak coined:

Egoboo - Rosebud

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Emanuel Lottem

Australia:

Damien Broderick

Britain:

Alistair Durie - Bruce Pennington - Chris Boyce - Delerium Tremens - Delirium Tremens - Eastercon - Erik Arthur - Fantast's Folly - Fred Hemmings - Gemini - Lamppost - Linda Strickler - Michael Lord - Midvention - Midventionette - Mike Don - Norcon - Norcon II - Parnassus - Sands of Time - The Unique Magazine - Transactions of the Cosmos Club - Trends - Trevor Jones

Canada:

Hen Flanders

Europe:

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Eddy C. Bertin - Jon Bing

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

Ad Infinitum - Alan F. Beck - An Anonymous Civilian - Annette Carrico - Arcadia - Arcana - The Arisians - Around the World in ??? Days - Astra - Bay Area Le'Fout - Bay Area Pullova - Beulah's Scrapbook - Bixel Bunk - Black & White - Black Star - Blaine Dunmire - Blake Maxam - Blitherings - Bob Madsen - Bonfire - British American Bulletin - Bronsonia - Buap! - Buffalocon - Bufflocon 1944 - Captain Future - Carol Severance - Celephais - Chartreuse and Shocking Pink - Christopher Stasheff - Claude Degler and the FAPA - Cosmian World - Cosmic Booklet - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Circle Monthly - Cosmic Circle White Paper - Cosmic Dust - Cosmique - Curved Space - Cushlamochree - Cygni - Dave Locke - Dave Vanderwerf - David Feintuch - David Gerrold - David Wright O'Brien - Devil Take the Hindmost - Diablerie - Directory of Fandom - Dixie Phoenix - Doctor Ashley and Mr Lowndes - Doctor Ashley and Mr. Lowndes - Donna Haraway - Dovention - E. F. De La Roi - Eccentric's Orbit - Eleen Tackett - Elmurmurings - Emergency Flare - Ephemeron - FAPA Blotter - FAPA Index (Mailings 1-28) - Fan - Fan Journalist - Fan Slants - Fancyclopedia 1 - Fandbooks - Fantasy Forum - Felix - Fen - Fido - Fleeting Moments - FutuREsearch - Future Fandom Stories - Futuria - Futurian Advance - Futurian Letters - Gail Barton - Ginjer Buchanan - Glen Cook - Glom - Hank Davis - Harry Andruschak - Harvey Greenblatt - History of the Future Index - Intelligence Quotient - Investigation in Newcastle - Invictus - Jack Chalker - Jack Speer and Fandom - Janus - Jeff Jones - Jim Martin - Jody's Comic Courier - John F. Carr - John Guidry - Katherine Kurtz - Lethe - Linda Strickler - Little Chicon - Luise Perrin - Luna Pono - Mac's GI Journal - Mars - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Membership Report - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Michicon 4 - Microcosmos - Midge - Modern Michelist - Molly Gloss - Nebula - New Concept - Open Letter re Pha - Open Letter to All Members of FAPA - Orville Kerkow - Outlandi - P. J. Plauger - Paradox - Paul Freehafer - Personality Pamphlet - Phan - Phil Kaveny - Philadelphia Futurians - Phyllis Ann Karr - Planeteers - Polaris - Presenting -- Adam Singlesheet - Report to Science Fiction Fandom: Jack Speer and the Anti-C. C. Campaign - Richard Bowes - Richard C. West - Rick Cook - Rick Katze - Ricky Kagan - Robert W. Franson - Roger C. Schlobin - Roland J. Green - Rosebud - Rouzine - Rowena Morrill - SI/ASFA - STF Comment - Sardonyx - Sci-Fic Variety - Shangri-Luna'Ffairs - Shottle Bop Card - So Saari - Songs for Sorrow and Beauty - Space=Time - Spicy Tellus - Stanley Schmidt - Staplecon - Star-Bound - Star-Studded Square Soothsayer - Stellar - Stinking Sudsy Stories - Tag-Line Musings? - Take-Off! - Terry Brooks - The Bedside Fassbeinder - The FAPA Fan - The Knanve - The Mad Muse - The New Hieroglyph - The Nucleus - The Organization of Fandom - The Panty Raiser - The SF Democrat - The Stump - The Timebinder - The Works - These Amazing Amendments - These Amazing Amendments! - Thoth - Toward Tomorrow - Troy - Twenty-First Century - Twilight Echoes - Ty-dings - Venal - Venus - Venus-Con - Vernor Vinge - Vertigo - Vulcan Publications - Walt Daugherty's Directory of Fandom - Walt Sullivan - Wee Tome Tipper - What Is Science Fiction Fandom?

Rest of the World: