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This Day In History

1929 Mickey's Choo Choo released

1932 Bugs In Love (a Silly Symphony) released

1956 Disneyland welcomed its 5,000,000th guest

1971 Walt Disney World opened. At the time it consisted of just the Magic Kingdom, the Contemporary & Polynesian resorts, and Fort Wilderness Campground

1979 Work began on EPCOT

1982 EPCOT opened

1983 The Horizons pavilion opened at EPCOT

1986 The Magic Kingdom’s Diamond Horseshoe Jamboree opened

1987 The Daredevil Circus Spectacular opened at Epcot

1988 The Caribbean Beach resort opened

1991 Spectromagic performed for the first time at the Magic Kingdom

1992 Tokyo Disneyland opened its version of Splash Mountain

1992 The Disney Channel broadcast Fraggle Rock for the first time

1993 Backstage Magic closed at Epcot

1995 United Kingdom broadcast it’s own version of the Disney Channel for the first time

1995 Vero Beach resort opened

1996 The Remember The Magic parade began at the Magic Kingdom

1996 Goofy’s Barnstormer opened at the Magic Kingdom

1996 Disney’s Boardwalk resort had it’s grand opening ceremony

1998 Fantasmic! began performances at Walt Disney World

1999 The Millennium Village and the new Imagination pavilion opened at EPCOT

1999 Mystery, Alaska released

2000 Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom unveiled Blaine Gibson’s statue of Roy O Disney and Minnie Mouse

2001 Walt Disney World’s 100 Years of Magic Celebration began

2001 Playhouse Disney – Live On Stage (featuring Bear of Big Blue House fame) opened at MGM