1919

March	The Thrill Book launches.
October 28	Prohibition begins in U.S.

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Births and Deaths:

Arthur Louis Joquel II - Betty Ballantine - Claire P. Beck - Cyrus B. Condra - Dan Zissman - David A. Kyle - Dirk Wylie - Don Day - Doris Lessing - Douglas W. F. Mayer - Elmer Perdue - Frederik Pohl - George Tullis - Helen Wesson - Hyman Tiger - Isabelle Miles - Jack Gibson - Jack Robins - James Parkhill Rathbone - Jim Mooney - Julius Fast - L. Frank Baum - Martin Alger - Milton A. Rothman - Paul Klingbiel - R. Chetwynd Hayes - Ray Van Houten - Raymond Mariella - Roy Lavender - Royal Drummond - Samuel D. Russell - Sture Lönnerstrand - Ted Tubb - Thomas D. Moore - Walt Willis - Walter E. Marconette

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

The Thrill Book

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fanhistory:

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Helen Wesson

Australia:

Britain:

Doris Lessing - Douglas W. F. Mayer - Jack Gibson - James Parkhill Rathbone - R. Chetwynd Hayes - Ted Tubb - Thomas D. Moore - Walt Willis

Canada:

Europe:

Sture Lönnerstrand

Ireland:

Walt Willis

New Zealand:

US:

Arthur Louis Joquel II - Betty Ballantine - Claire P. Beck - Cyrus B. Condra - Dan Zissman - David A. Kyle - Dirk Wylie - Don Day - Elmer Perdue - Frederik Pohl - George Tullis - Helen Wesson - Hyman Tiger - Isabelle Miles - Jack Robins - Jim Mooney - Julius Fast - L. Frank Baum - Martin Alger - Milton A. Rothman - New York Statler Hilton Hotel - Paul Klingbiel - Ray Van Houten - Raymond Mariella - Roy Lavender - Royal Drummond - Samuel D. Russell - The Thrill Book - Walter E. Marconette

Rest of the World: