35 Years of Magic | Disneyland (1955)
The big day was July 17. The big year was 1955.
28,154 guests attended the press event for the opening of Walt Disney’s Disneyland. Around 90 million people watched on ABC television — when the population of the United States was just 166 million.
Since then, every July 17 has been recognized as the anniversary of Disneyland (even though the park didn’t open to paying guests until July 18). And every anniversary year that could be divided by five without a remainder had a special significance as a milestone — 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, and...
“35 Years of Magic”
Disneyland in 1990