1936
January | First Tucker death hoax. |
March | First issue of Novae Terrae. |
June 11 | Robert E. Howard commits suicide. |
October 22 | First Convention in Philadelphia. |
December 11 | Newly crowned U.K. King Edward VIII abdicates. |
Late | End of First Fandom and start of First Transition (Numerical Fandoms). |
Harry Warner, Jr.'s first LoC (to ASF). |
Births and Deaths:
Anne Cox - Arsen Darnay - Bill Courval - Bruce Pelz - Dave Van Ronk - Dave Wood - David A. Hardy - David Hulan - Dennis N. Smith - Don Ivan Punchatz - Don Lundry - Dorothy Amlin - Doug Chaffee - Ed Meskys - Fred Chappell - George Flynn - George Locke - Gordon Benson, Jr. - J. Martin Graetz - Jim Odbert - John Robert Colombo - John Trimble - John Uri Lloyd - Ken Cheslin - M. R. James - Margaret Mahy - Marge Piercy - Michael W. Waite - Paul Turner - Richard L. Tierney - Robert E. Howard - Robert Thurston - Ron Smith - Rudyard Kipling - Sally Dunn - Sandy Cutrell - Sharon Webb - Suzette Haden Elgin - Tom Purdom - William A. Dyson - Wolfgang Jeschke
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Publications started or ended:
Bulletin of the Nuneaton Science Fiction League - Fanciful Tales of Time and Space - Fantasy Fiction Telegram - Flabbergasting Stories - Novae Terrae - Phantasy World - Science Fantasy Correspondent - Science Fiction Collector - Science Fiction News - SupraMundane Stories - Tesseract - The Dragon-Fly - The Fantasy World - The Science Fiction Fan - The Witch's Tales - Thrilling Wonder Stories
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US:
Anne Cox - Bill Courval - Bruce Pelz - Dave Van Ronk - David Hulan - Dennis N. Smith - Don Ivan Punchatz - Don Lundry - Dorothy Amlin - Doug Chaffee - Ed Meskys - Fanciful Tales of Time and Space - Fantasy Fiction Telegram - First Convention - Flabbergasting Stories - Fred Chappell - George Flynn - Gordon Benson, Jr. - ILSF - J. Martin Graetz - Jim Odbert - John Trimble - John Uri Lloyd - Marge Piercy - Michael W. Waite - Paul Turner - Phantasy World - Philcon - Richard L. Tierney - Robert E. Howard - Robert Thurston - Ron Smith - Sally Dunn - Sandy Cutrell - Science Fantasy Correspondent - Science Fiction Collector - Science Fiction News - Sharon Webb - Suzette Haden Elgin - Tesseract - The Dragon-Fly - The Fantasy World - The Science Fiction Fan - The Witch's Tales - Thrilling Wonder Stories - Tom Purdom - Which Was the First SF Convention?
Rest of the World:
1935 | 1936 | 1937 |