1950

April 30	First Disclave held.
May 20–21	The first Midwestcon, a relaxacon, held.
June 25	North Korea invades South Korea, starting Korean War.
August	Lee Hoffman's Quandry, the focal point fanzine of Sixth Fandom begins publication.
Labor Day	NorWesCon (Worldcon).
October	Galaxy starts publication.
	VAPA ends.

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Births and Deaths:

Al Snider - Alex Vitek - Alfred Korzybski - Amy Sefton - Andrea Dubnick - Ann C. Crispin - Asenath Hammond - Ben Solon - Bill Kunkel - Bruce Coville - Bruce Dane - Charles Lee Jackson II - David Brin - David Pringle - Dean Wesley Smith - Don Bailey - Douglas E. Winter - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Eric Mayer - Evelyn Leeper - Fran Scherer - G. Sutton Breiding - Gale Burnick - Galen Peoples - George Bernard Shaw - George Orwell - Gigi Dane - Greg Bennett - Ian Penman - Irene Radford - James Killus - James P. Blaylock - Janice Bogstad - Jay Kinney - Jeff Smith - Jessica Amanda Salmonson - John D. Berry - John Kessel - John Nielsen-Hall - Jomil Mulvey - Joyce Scrivner - K. W. Jeter - Karen Joy Fowler - Kathleen Conat - Kathryn Daugherty - Kees Huizer - Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. - Lewis Shiner - Loren J. MacGregor - Loren MacGregor - Louis Fallert - Mark Leeper - Mark Linneman - Mary Doria Russell - Melinda Snodgrass - Mercedes Lackey - Michael Capobianco - Michael J. Walsh - Michael M. Levy - Michael Swanwick - Michael Whelan - Michaela Roessner - Nan Meskys - Olaf Stapledon - Owen K. Laurion - Patia von Sternberg - Paul Brazier - Paul Novitski - Randy Bathurst - Ray Bradbury - Rebecca Price - Richard Pini - Rob Jackson - Robert Taylor - Roger Garland - Stephen R. Lawhead - Steve Miller - Steve Rasnic Tem - Suzanne Tompkins - Terry Hughes - Tom Morley - Valma Brown

Convention series started or ended:

Disclave - Midwestcon

Onetime conventions:

Hydracon - Lynnhavention

Bids:

Capicon in '50 - New York in '50 - Portland in 1950

Publications started or ended:

...And Follow Slowly - A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - AAAAA Plus - Aleph-Null - All Aboard for the Bufflocon - All-Warped - Alpha and Omega - Altair - Ambrosia - Asmodeus - BEM - Bar-Rag - Beelzebub - Bizarre - Bobolings - Chabotage - Challenge - Cry of the Nameless - Destiny - Egoboo: Or The Time Traveler's Travail - Fanatic Fanzine - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantasy Review - Fantasy-Scope - Fanvariety - Futurist - Galaxy Science Fiction - Gem Tones - Hurkle - Imagination - Impossible - Irusaben - La Petite - Mock - Nebula - Nudity - Orb - Out of this World Adventures - Peace on Sol III - Phantasmagoria - Philosophical Dissertation on Abtruse Phenomena... - Quandry - Renascence - STEFCARD - Science Fantasy - Science Fiction Newsscope - Science Fiction Weekly - Seetee - Sinisterra - Spacewarp - The Committeeman - The Detroit Stfan - The Insider - The Michigan Fantasite - Thrills Incorporated - Timewarp - Universal Fanvariety - Universal Musketeers News - Universe - Wastebasket - Weird Science - Weird Unsolved Mysteries - Western Star - Worlds Beyond

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Invisible Little Man Award

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fanvets - Futura - ISFA - Terran Society - University of Chicago Science Fiction Club - Wolverine Insurgents

Fanhistory:

1950 Fan Directory - Activity Party - New York Fan History - Forrest J Ackerman's NorWesCon Reminiscence

New fanspeak coined:

Hurt Look - Real Soon Now - Relaxacon - The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Mark Linneman - Thrills Incorporated - Valma Brown

Britain:

David Pringle - Fantasy Review - George Bernard Shaw - George Orwell - Ian Penman - John Nielsen-Hall - Olaf Stapledon - Paul Brazier - Peace on Sol III - Phantasmagoria - Ray Bradbury - Rob Jackson - Roger Garland - Science Fantasy - Stephen R. Lawhead

Canada:

Europe:

Futura - Kees Huizer

Ireland:

George Bernard Shaw - Peace on Sol III

New Zealand:

US:

...And Follow Slowly - 1950 Open ESFA - 1950 Worldcon Site Selection - A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - AAAAA Plus - Activity Party - Al Snider - Aleph-Null - Alex Vitek - Alfred Korzybski - All Aboard for the Bufflocon - All-Warped - Alpha and Omega - Altair - Ambrosia - Amy Sefton - Andrea Dubnick - Ann C. Crispin - Archon 16 - Asenath Hammond - Asmodeus - BEM - Bar-Rag - Beelzebub - Ben Solon - Bill Kunkel - Bizarre - Bobolings - Bruce Coville - Bruce Dane - Capicon in '50 - Chabotage - Challenge - Charles Lee Jackson II - Cry of the Nameless - David Brin - Dean Wesley Smith - Destiny - Disclave - Disclave 1 - Don Bailey - Douglas E. Winter - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Egoboo: Or The Time Traveler's Travail - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Eric Mayer - Evelyn Leeper - Fanatic Fanzine - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantasy-Scope - Fanvariety - Fanvets - Fran Scherer - Futurist - G. Sutton Breiding - Galaxy Science Fiction - Gale Burnick - Galen Peoples - Gem Tones - Gigi Dane - Greg Bennett - Hurkle - Hydracon - ISFA - Imagination - Impossible - Invisible Little Man Award - Irene Radford - Irusaben - James Killus - James P. Blaylock - Janice Bogstad - Jay Kinney - Jeff Smith - Jessica Amanda Salmonson - John D. Berry - John Kessel - Jomil Mulvey - Joyce Scrivner - K. W. Jeter - Karen Joy Fowler - Kathleen Conat - Kathryn Daugherty - Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. - La Petite - Lewis Shiner - Loren J. MacGregor - Loren MacGregor - Louis Fallert - Lynnhavention - Mark Leeper - Mark Linneman - Mary Doria Russell - Melinda Snodgrass - Mercedes Lackey - Michael Capobianco - Michael J. Walsh - Michael M. Levy - Michael Swanwick - Michael Whelan - Michaela Roessner - Midwestcon - Midwestcon 1 - Mock - Nan Meskys - Nebula - New York Fan History - New York in '50 - NorWesCon - Forrest J Ackerman's NorWesCon Reminiscence - Nudity - Orb - Out of this World Adventures - Owen K. Laurion - Patia von Sternberg - Paul Novitski - Philcon 1950 - Philosophical Dissertation on Abtruse Phenomena... - Portland in 1950 - Quandry - Randy Bathurst - Rebecca Price - Renascence - Richard Pini - Robert Taylor - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Newsscope - Science Fiction Weekly - Seetee - Sinisterra - Spacewarp - Steve Miller - Steve Rasnic Tem - Suzanne Tompkins - Terran Society - Terry Hughes - The Committeeman - The Detroit Stfan - The Insider - The Michigan Fantasite - Timewarp - Tom Morley - Universal Fanvariety - Universal Musketeers News - Universe - University of Chicago Science Fiction Club - VAPA - Wastebasket - Weird Science - Weird Tales Index - Weird Unsolved Mysteries - Westercon 3 - Western Star - Wolverine Insurgents - Worlds Beyond

Rest of the World: