1929

May 22	Black Tuesday: U.S. stock market crashes, beginning the Great Depression.
December 11	The Scienceers, the first sf club, founded.
	Hugo Gernsback launches Air Wonder Stories and Science Wonder Stories.

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Births and Deaths:

Annie Linard - Arthur Jean Cox - Audrey Clinton - Bill Cox - Brian Moncrieff Lewis - Burnett Toskey - Charles Beaumont - David Lake - Donald Kingsbury - Earl Kemp - Ed Cox - Edith Ogutsch - Felix C. Gotschalk - Fred Prophet - Garrett P. Serviss - George Clayton Johnson - George Scithers - George W. Price - Gerry Anderson - Gilda Blitzer - Harold Loney - Harry Honig - Howard Miller - Jim Cawthorn - Jim Ratigan - Joe Kennedy - Joseph Wrzos - Lars-Olov Strandberg - Leon E. Stover - Mario Bosnyak - Martha Beck - Mary Hershey - Michael Shaara - Miss Science Fiction - Neal Barrett, Jr. - Ned McKeown - Norman Shorrock - Orville W. Mosher - Parke Godwin - Patricia Ann Paul - Richard Kyle - Robert A. Collins - Russ Manning - Sheri S. Tepper - Tony Glynn - Ursula K. Le Guin - Wally Weber

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

George W. Price - The Scienceers

Fanhistory:

Allen Glasser's History of the Scienceers - Miss Science Fiction - The Scienceers

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

David Lake

Britain:

Brian Moncrieff Lewis - Gerry Anderson - Harold Loney - Jim Cawthorn - Jim Ratigan - Mary Hershey - Norman Shorrock - Tony Glynn

Canada:

Donald Kingsbury - Ned McKeown

Europe:

Annie Linard - Lars-Olov Strandberg - Mario Bosnyak

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

Allen Glasser's History of the Scienceers - Arthur Jean Cox - Audrey Clinton - Bill Cox - Burnett Toskey - Charles Beaumont - Donald Kingsbury - Earl Kemp - Ed Cox - Edith Ogutsch - Felix C. Gotschalk - Fred Prophet - Garrett P. Serviss - George Clayton Johnson - George Scithers - George W. Price - Gilda Blitzer - Harry Honig - Howard Miller - Joe Kennedy - Joseph Wrzos - Leon E. Stover - Martha Beck - Mary Hershey - Michael Shaara - Miss Science Fiction - Neal Barrett, Jr. - Orville W. Mosher - Parke Godwin - Patricia Ann Paul - Richard Kyle - Robert A. Collins - Russ Manning - Sheri S. Tepper - The Scienceers - Ursula K. Le Guin - Wally Weber

Rest of the World: