1929

May 22	Black Tuesday: U.S. stock market crashes, beginning the Great Depression.
December 11	The Scienceers, the first sf club, founded. Fandom (Eofandom) starts in NYC.
	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: