1920

Term "robot" introduced by Czech writer Karel Čapek

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Births and Deaths:

A. Langley Searles - Allen Class - Art Sehnert - Arthur L. Selikowitz - Bob Hoffman - Bob Madle - Buddie McKnight - Claude Degler - D. C. Montgomery - Dale Hart - Daniel F. Galouye - Dave Fox - David L. Fox - Dick Wilson - Doug Webster - E. R. James - Edith Furcsik - Edward Ludwig - Evelyn Paige Gold - Everett F. Bleiler - Forrest C. Davis - Frances Alberti Sykora - Frank Herbert - H. R. van Dongen - Harold Zitzow - Harry Turner - Henry Andrew Ackermann - Hyacinthe Hill - Isaac Asimov - Jack Chapman Miske - Jack Speer - Joe Gilbert - John Giunta - Kenneth Sterling - Leslie Perri - Lou Goldstone - Louis Russell Chauvenet - Marijane Johnson - Marjorie Brunner - Mary Kornbluth - Morris Scott Dollens - Nigel Lindsay - Peter Phillips - R. G. Medhurst - Ray Bradbury - Ray Harryhausen - Richard Minter - Robert P. Mills - Robert Presslie - Roy A. Squires - Rudolph Castown - Russell A. Leadabrand - Sam Martinez - Sam Moskowitz - Staff Wright - Stan Woolston - Sydney Bounds - T. E. Dikty - Verna Smith Trestrail - Virginia Anderson - Walt Sullivan - Walter Ernsting - William Tenn - Willis Conover - Willis E. McNelly

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Fanhistory:

New fanspeak coined:

Robot

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Britain:

Doug Webster - E. R. James - Harry Turner - Marjorie Brunner - Nigel Lindsay - Peter Phillips - R. G. Medhurst - Robert Presslie - Staff Wright - Sydney Bounds

Canada:

Europe:

Walter Ernsting

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

A. Langley Searles - Allen Class - Art Sehnert - Arthur L. Selikowitz - Bob Hoffman - Bob Madle - Buddie McKnight - Claude Degler - D. C. Montgomery - Dale Hart - Daniel F. Galouye - Dave Fox - David L. Fox - Dick Wilson - Edith Furcsik - Edward Ludwig - Evelyn Paige Gold - Everett F. Bleiler - Forrest C. Davis - Frances Alberti Sykora - Frank Herbert - H. R. van Dongen - Harold Zitzow - Henry Andrew Ackermann - Hyacinthe Hill - Isaac Asimov - Jack Chapman Miske - Jack Speer - Joe Gilbert - John Giunta - Kenneth Sterling - Leslie Perri - Lou Goldstone - Louis Russell Chauvenet - Marijane Johnson - Mary Kornbluth - Morris Scott Dollens - Ray Bradbury - Ray Harryhausen - Richard Minter - Robert P. Mills - Roy A. Squires - Rudolph Castown - Russell A. Leadabrand - Sam Martinez - Sam Moskowitz - Stan Woolston - T. E. Dikty - Verna Smith Trestrail - Virginia Anderson - Walt Sullivan - William Tenn - Willis Conover - Willis E. McNelly

Rest of the World: