1926

March 16	Robert Goddard successfully launches world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
April	The first sf magazine, Amazing Stories, published.

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Births and Deaths:

Alan Burns - Anne McCaffrey - Bill Blackbeard - Bill Donaho - Bill Rotsler - Bill Thailing - Bob Pavlat - Chan Davis - Claude Held - Dave Elder - Dik Daniels - Ed Clinton - Ed Wood - Edmund Cooper - Edna Budrys - Frances Krueger - Frank M. Robinson - Frank Wilimczyk - George Ebey - George Robson - Graham Stone - H. Loren Sinn - Henry Spelman - Jack Weaver - Janet Asimov - Jessie Clinton - Joe L. Hensley - John Berry - John Dalmas - Josef Nesvadba - Julie Ann Jardine - Julius Kagarlitski - June Moffatt - Ken Krueger - Lester Cole - Lionel Inman - Lynn Hickman - Mari Wolf - Mark Hillegas - Murphy Anderson - Paul A. Carter - Pauline Ashwell - Peter Kranold - Peter Mabey - Phyllis Gotlieb - Phyllisann Courtis - Poul Anderson - Raym Washington - Richard Cowper - Richard Matheson - Rosel G. Brown - Ruth Newbury - Takumi Shibano - Thomas N. Scortia - Tom Clareson - Tom Cockcroft - Tony Thorne

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Amazing Stories

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Gernsback Award

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fanhistory:

A History of Fandom in 100 Documents

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Takumi Shibano

Australia:

Graham Stone

Britain:

Alan Burns - Edmund Cooper - John Berry - Pauline Ashwell - Peter Mabey - Richard Cowper - Tony Thorne

Canada:

Chan Davis - Phyllis Gotlieb

Europe:

Josef Nesvadba - Julius Kagarlitski - Tony Thorne

Ireland:

Anne McCaffrey - John Berry

New Zealand:

Tom Cockcroft

US:

Amazing Stories - Anne McCaffrey - Bill Blackbeard - Bill Donaho - Bill Rotsler - Bill Thailing - Bob Pavlat - Chan Davis - Claude Held - Dave Elder - Dik Daniels - Ed Clinton - Ed Wood - Edna Budrys - Frances Krueger - Frank M. Robinson - Frank Wilimczyk - George Ebey - George Robson - Gernsback Award - H. Loren Sinn - Henry Spelman - Jack Weaver - Janet Asimov - Jessie Clinton - Joe L. Hensley - John Dalmas - Julie Ann Jardine - June Moffatt - Ken Krueger - Lester Cole - Lionel Inman - Lynn Hickman - Mari Wolf - Mark Hillegas - Murphy Anderson - Paul A. Carter - Peter Kranold - Phyllisann Courtis - Poul Anderson - Raym Washington - Richard Matheson - Rosel G. Brown - Ruth Newbury - Thomas N. Scortia - Tom Clareson

Rest of the World: