Magicpedia:Selected anniversaries/January 1

• 1889 - Bert Allerton, who worked as a successful close-up magician in top nightclubs and hotels across the United States, was born Bert Allen Gustafson.
• 1919 - The first issue of Wayne Wizard, the official publication of the Wayne Wizards Association of Lyons, New York with Gene Gordon was its editor, was published.
• 1961 - Hen Fetsch died at the age of 48 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• 1973 - Clarence T. Hubbard, a writer and magician in the Hartford area, dies.