1930

January	Astounding first published by Clayton under Harry Bates' editorship.
May	[[Comet (fanzine}|The Comet]] the first fanzine begins publication.
September 27	The First Feud: The Scienceers split in two and cease to function as an organized club
October	Ilford Science Literary Circle founded in the UK
	Fandom (Eofandom) starts in NYC

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Births and Deaths:

Agnes Harook - Ardath Mayhar - Art Castillo - Arthur Conan Doyle - Bob Briggs - C. Stewart Metchette - Calvin Thomas Beck - Carol Ballard - Cherry Wilder - D. G. Compton - Darko Suvin - Dean Dickensheet - Denny Cowen - Dick Ellington - Doll Gilliland - Donald Malcolm - Doreen Parker Rogers - Edward D. Hoch - Ellis Mills - Erwin Scudla - Florence Russell - Frank Denton - Fred Saberhagen - Gahan Wilson - George H. Young - George Sjöberg - Hal Shapiro - Ivor Rogers - J. G. Ballard - Jack Gaughan - Jim Warren - Joe Schaumburger - John Birchby - Larry Stewart - Lin Carter - Lionel Blue - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Norb Reinsel - Noreen Shaw - Paul Lehr - Robert Stallman - Roger Sims - Russ Woodman - Ruth Kyle - Stephen Fabian - Steven Schultheis - Terri Pinckard - Tom Boardman - Walter Breen

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Amateur Science Fiction Correspondent - Astounding Science Fiction - Cosmology - Fantasy Fictioneer - The Asteroid - The Asteroid - The Planet - Wonder Stories Quarterly

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Boys' Scientifiction Club - Ilford Science Literary Circle - Which Was the First Club?

Fanhistory:

A History of Fandom in 100 Documents - Cosmology - Which Was the First Club?

New fanspeak coined:

Distimming - Doshes - Gostak - I Think We're Property - Raygun

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Britain:

Arthur Conan Doyle - D. G. Compton - Denny Cowen - Donald Malcolm - Doreen Parker Rogers - Florence Russell - Ilford Science Literary Circle - J. G. Ballard - John Birchby - Lionel Blue - Tom Boardman - Which Was the First Club?

Canada:

C. Stewart Metchette - Darko Suvin

Europe:

Darko Suvin - Erwin Scudla - George Sjöberg

Ireland:

New Zealand:

Cherry Wilder

US:

Agnes Harook - Amateur Science Fiction Correspondent - Ardath Mayhar - Art Castillo - Astounding Science Fiction - Bob Briggs - Boys' Scientifiction Club - C. Stewart Metchette - Calvin Thomas Beck - Carol Ballard - Cosmology - D. G. Compton - Dean Dickensheet - Dick Ellington - Doll Gilliland - Edward D. Hoch - Ellis Mills - Fantasy Fictioneer - Florence Russell - Frank Denton - Fred Saberhagen - Gahan Wilson - George H. Young - Hal Shapiro - Ivor Rogers - Jack Gaughan - Jim Warren - Joe Schaumburger - Larry Stewart - Lin Carter - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Norb Reinsel - Noreen Shaw - Paul Lehr - Robert Stallman - Roger Sims - Russ Woodman - Ruth Kyle - Stephen Fabian - Steven Schultheis - Terri Pinckard - The Asteroid - The Asteroid - The Planet - Walter Breen - Which Was the First Club? - Wonder Stories Quarterly

Rest of the World: