1943

February 28	Boskone III
Spring	Midgicon held in Chicago
Easter	Midvention
May 16	First Staplecon held
Summer	Mecon held.
Labor Day	No Worldcon held.
October 30	1943 Michiconference
"Late"	The slan shack is established.
	Wollheim publishes the first mass-market SF anthology, The Pocket Book of Science Fiction.
	"Fandom is a Way of Life" adumbrated by D. B. Thompson in FAPA

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Births and Deaths:

A. Merritt - Alan Ryan - Allen Wold - Andy Main - Annemarie van Ewyck - Bill Bowers - Bill Pronzini - Bill Warren - Billy Ray Wolfenbarger - Bob Beese - Bruce Boston - Carol De Priest - Charles G. Waugh - Charles Gilson - Chris Boucher - Chris Bunch - Christopher Priest - Chuck Devine - Dan Goodman - Darroll Pardoe - Dave Cockrum - Dean R. Lambe - Dennis Etchison - Diana Paxson - Dick Ellingsworth - Doug Hoylman - Francis M. Nevins, Jr. - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Sr. - George Wells - Grania Davis - Gregg Trend - Helen Finn - Iain Sinclair - Ian Watson - James Herbert - Janet Wilson - Jim Baen - Jo Thomas - Joe Haldeman - John R. Neill - Judie Cilcain - Judy-Lynn del Rey - Kathy Sanders - Katya Hulan - Ken Moore - Kevin Langdon - L. E. Modesitt, Jr. - Leif Andersson - Leo Frankowski - Leo Kindt - Les Daniels - Les Gerber - Lindig Harris - Marsha Jones - Mike Jefferies - Mike McInerney - N. Katherine Hayles - Norbert Spehner - Pat Kearney - Paul Anderson - Paul Edwin Zimmer - Peter Coene - Peter Straub - Peter Weston - Richard Bober - Richard Wright - Robert Jennings - Ron Walotsky - Steve Stiles - Suford Lewis - Ted Scribner - Thomas Schluck - Tikwis Hall - Tina Hensel - Tom Moylan - Tom Shippey - Tomas Cronholm - Vic Ryan

Convention series started or ended:

Caspercons - Mecon - Midvention - Norcon - Staplecon - Sydney Conference

Onetime conventions:

BFS Pendle Expedition - Councilcon - Fancon - Live Oak Conference - Midgicon - Schenectacon

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

AAGH! - Adulux Beskan - Apollo - Astonishing Stories - Astra - BFS Beyond - Banshee - Beyond - Browsing - Canadian Fandom - Centauri - Chanticleer - Cluster - Colossus - Convention Extra - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Cuts - Cosmic Digest - Cruise of the "Foo Foo Special Jr." - Cruise of the Foo Foo Special - Damned Degler - Dawn - Dear Friends (And Others) - Decimal Classification for Fantasy Fiction - Earthspawn - FANEWS[CARD] - Fan Dango - Fan Slants - Fan-Notes - Fanews Analyzer - Fantasy Commentator - Fen - Fighting Fan - Future Fantasy and Science Fiction - Futurian Daily Planet - Galaxy - Ghu - Have at Thee Knanves - History of the Future Index - Jinx - Lamppost - Lens - Let's Swap - Madman of Mars - Memo Sheet - Midge - Midgiconsensus - Midlands Science-Fiction Convention Report - Mighty Atom - Nova - People Stories - Presenting Ronald Clyne - Rahuun Ta-Ka - Ray - Review Section - Sappho - Starlit Fantasy - Stellar Tales - The FAPA Correspondent - The Knanve - The Mighty Atom - The Science Fiction Savant - Thrilling Adventures - Toward Yesterday - Trends - Trivial Triangle Troubador - Unknown Worlds - Vision - Wudgy Tales

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Cosmic Circle - Cosmos Club - Detroit Science Fictioneers - Dixie Fantasy Federation - Paint Research Station Science Fiction Library - Western Pennsylvania Science Fictioneers

Fanhistory:

AA194 - Fanationalism - Fans Are Above Sex - Fen - Fubar Pubs - Slan Shack - Vulcan Publications - Weird Willys

New fanspeak coined:

All Fandom was Plunged into War - FIAWOL - Fanationalism - Fen - Four Hells - Sevagram - Slan Shack

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Paul Anderson - Sydney Conference - Ted Scribner

Britain:

BFS Beyond - BFS Pendle Expedition - Browsing - Charles Gilson - Chris Boucher - Christopher Priest - Colossus - Convention Extra - Cosmic Cuts - Cosmos Club - Darroll Pardoe - Dear Friends (And Others) - Dick Ellingsworth - Galaxy - Iain Sinclair - Ian Watson - James Herbert - Lamppost - Lens - Memo Sheet - Midlands Science-Fiction Convention Report - Midvention - Midvention - Mighty Atom - Mike Jefferies - Norcon - Norcon - Paint Research Station Science Fiction Library - Pat Kearney - Peter Weston - Review Section - The Mighty Atom - Tikwis Hall - Tom Shippey - Trends

Canada:

Canadian Fandom - Janet Wilson - Let's Swap - Norbert Spehner

Europe:

Annemarie van Ewyck - Jo Thomas - Leif Andersson - Leo Kindt - Peter Coene - Thomas Schluck - Tomas Cronholm

Ireland:

Tom Moylan

New Zealand:

US:

1943 Michiconference - A. Merritt - AA194 - AAGH! - Adulux Beskan - Alan Ryan - Allen Wold - Andy Main - Apollo - Astonishing Stories - Astra - Banshee - Beyond - Bill Bowers - Bill Pronzini - Bill Warren - Billy Ray Wolfenbarger - Bob Beese - Boskone III - Bruce Boston - Carol De Priest - Caspercons - Centauri - Chanticleer - Charles G. Waugh - Chris Bunch - Chuck Devine - Circle Amateur Publishers Alliance - Cluster - Cosmic Circle - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Digest - Councilcon - Cruise of the "Foo Foo Special Jr." - Cruise of the Foo Foo Special - Damned Degler - Dan Goodman - Dave Cockrum - Dawn - Dean R. Lambe - Decimal Classification for Fantasy Fiction - Dennis Etchison - Detroit Science Fictioneers - Diana Paxson - Dixie Fantasy Federation - Doug Hoylman - Earthspawn - FANEWS[CARD] - Fan Dango - Fan Slants - Fan-Notes - Fancon - Fanews Analyzer - Fantasy Commentator - Fen - Fighting Fan - Francis M. Nevins, Jr. - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Sr. - Fubar Pubs - Future Fantasy and Science Fiction - Futurian Daily Planet - Futurian Houses - George Wells - Ghu - Grania Davis - Gregg Trend - Have at Thee Knanves - Helen Finn - History of the Future Index - Jim Baen - Jinx - Joe Haldeman - John R. Neill - Judie Cilcain - Judy-Lynn del Rey - Kathy Sanders - Katya Hulan - Ken Moore - Kevin Langdon - L. E. Modesitt, Jr. - Leif Andersson - Leo Frankowski - Les Daniels - Les Gerber - Lindig Harris - Little Jarnevon - Live Oak Conference - Madman of Mars - Marsha Jones - Mecon - Midge - Midgicon - Midgiconsensus - Mike McInerney - N. Katherine Hayles - Nova - Paul Edwin Zimmer - People Stories - Peter Straub - Presenting Ronald Clyne - Rahuun Ta-Ka - Ray - Richard Bober - Richard Wright - Robert Jennings - Ron Walotsky - Sappho - Schenectacon - Scientiforums - Staplecon - Staplecon 1 - Staplecon 2 - Staplecon 3 - Starlit Fantasy - Stellar Tales - Steve Stiles - Suford Lewis - The FAPA Correspondent - The Hatch - The Knanve - The Science Fiction Savant - Thrilling Adventures - Tina Hensel - Toward Yesterday - Trivial Triangle Troubador - Unknown Worlds - Vic Ryan - Vision - Vulcan Publications - Western Pennsylvania Science Fictioneers - Wudgy Tales

Rest of the World: