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Last updated: 2009 October 29.

1966 April 3 The Midget Autopia attraction in Disneyland closes. [228.329] May 28 The It's a Small World attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland. [26.119] [209.31] [228.258] [414.25] [757.49] [939.120] (June [9] [328.270]) (month unknown) Thomas Guy Cleveland climbs onto the Monorail track to sneak into Disneyland. As a Monorail train approaches, he tries to hide on a fiberglass canopy three feet below the rail. The Monorail strikes and kills him. [450.170] July 1 The Primeval World Diorama attraction opens on the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland. [9] [19] [26.26] [228.400] July 24 The New Orleans Square area opens at Disneyland. It cost US$18 million, and occupies 3 acres. Walt Disney and the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, dedicate the area. [4] [23] [26.69] [48.345] [91.53] [228.354] [757.38] The Cristal d'Orleans shop opens on Royal Street in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. [228.109] (month unknown) The French Market buffet restaurant opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. [228.195] The Creole Cafe restaurant opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. [228.109] August 28 The 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Exhibit display at Disneyland closes. [501.576] September 5 The Flying Saucers ride closes in Tomorrowland at Disneyland, due to difficulties keeping the vehicles working. [193.16] [228.189] [245.92] (August 5 [910.36]) The Art of Animation display in Disneyland closes. [228.30] The Astro-Jets ride in Disneyland closes. [228.31] The Rocket to the Moon attraction in Disneyland closes. [501.474] September 6 The Yacht Bar food facility at Disneyland closes. [501.625] September 19 The Monsanto Hall of Chemistry display at Disneyland closes. [228.338] [939.97] December 18 The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Disneyland Around the Seasons. [85.362] [228.135] 1967 March 18 The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. It includes 119 Audio-Animatronics figures; 64 human, 55 animals. The whole attraction cost US$8 million to build. [9] [4] [26.26] [209.30] [228.389] [232.84] [321.26] [757.38] [939.146] The Blue Bayou Restaurant opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. [228.61] (month unknown) Disney renames the Circarama, U.S.A. theater at Disneyland to Circle-Vision 360. [228.93] June 15 The Club 33 restaurant opens at 33 Royal Street, in New Orleans Square, in Disneyland. [257.24] [228.96] (May [91.53]) June The updated film America the Beautiful opens in the Circle-Vision 360 theater in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [9] [4] [23] [228.21,93] (month unknown) The Character Shop opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [228.87] The One-of-a-Kind antique shop opens in New Orleans Square in Disneyland. [228.373] Disney releases the film Disneyland Around the Seasons. [23] July 2 Tomorrowland at Disneyland re-opens following a complete re-design and rebuilding. [19] [757.38] [939.52] The Tomorrowland Terrace restaurant opens in Disneyland. [501.563] The Carousel of Progress attraction opens at Disneyland. [9] [4] [26.26] [228.203] The PeopleMover attraction begins operation in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [9] [4] [26.26] [228.383] The Rocket Jets ride opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [9] [26.26] [501.474] August 5 The Adventure Through Inner Space attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [9] [4] [228.6] ("Thru" [26.26]) August The redesigned Flight to the Moon attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [9] [4] [26.26] (July [228.188]) The first death on Disneyland's PeopleMover is recorded. 15-year old Rickey Yama tries to hop between cars as it passes through a tunnel. He slips and is wedged between the two cars, with his head and upper body crushed. [163] [450.171] December The Monsanto House of the Future display at Disneyland closes. [228.339] 1968 January 21 The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Disneyland - From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow. [228.135] (month unknown) Disneyland holds its first St. Patrick's Day parade. [26.26] Disneyland holds its first Cinco de Mayo fiesta. [26.26] Dick Nunis becomes vice president of Operations for Disneyland. [228.363] [409.2] Mark III trains are added to the Disneyland monorail system. [228.338] The Autopia attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland is redesigned. [228.33] The Ken-L-Land pet boarding facility at Disneyland is renamed Kennel Club. [228.273] September The Wurlitzer Music Hall shop at Disneyland closes. [501.622] 1969 March 23 Herbie Day is held at Disneyland, a contest for decorated Volkswagen cars, in promotion of the film The Love Bug. Hundreds of Volkswagen Beetle cars drive down Main Street, U.S.A. [228.232] (Love Bug Day [757.38]) (month unknown) The Captain Hook's Galley restaurant opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland. Former name of this site was Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant. [228.79,88] July 20 Disney broadcasts the televised moon landing of Apollo 11 in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [757.38] [939.108] August 9 The Haunted Mansion attraction opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. [9] [19] [20] [26.26] [193.35] [228.229] [246.93] [414.85] [651.75] [757.38] (August 29 [939.149]) August 16 Disneyland attendance hits a record 82,516 visitors in one day. [27.53] [134.A16] October Disney releases the 16-mm film The Magic of Disneyland. [23] [228.304] 1970 January 15 The Legacy of Walt Disney display opens on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland. [9] [26.26] [228.284] March 22 The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Disneyland Showtime airs, featuring the opening of the Haunted Mansion attraction. [228.137] [395.83] (month unknown) The Aunt Jemima's Kitchen restaurant in Disneyland closes. [228.33,305] The Magnolia Tree Terrace restaurant opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. [228.33,305] August 6 The Youth International Party (Yippies) holds an informal "First International Yippie Pow Wow" at Disneyland. After a tense day breaking up groups, Disneyland vice president of Operations Dick Nunis orders the park closed at 7:10 PM. In total, 23 of about 300 Yippies are arrested on a variety of charges. [450.149] [501.626] September The Upjohn Pharmacy display on Main Street in Disneyland closes. [501.582] Eighty members of the American Guild of Variety Artists and 48 members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees stage a strike at the Disneyland gates, seeking higher wages. (This is the first employee strike in the park's fifteen-year history.) [424.68] (August [450.69]) (month unknown) The tenth (and final) annual Dixieland at Disneyland show is held. [756.42] 1971 May 1 Warner Bros. Pictures releases the film Billy Jack to theaters in the USA. A man wears a Disneyland souvenir t-shirt. [1138] May 19 The Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes attraction opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. [9] [26.27] [228.119] June 17 At 11:13 AM, Disneyland welcomes its 100-millionth guest, Valerie Suldo of New Jersey. [4] [22] [26.27] [96.85] [193.32] [501.625] [757.38] [1073.113] (month unknown) The Magnolia Tree Terrace restaurant in Disneyland closes. [228.33,305] The River Belle Terrace restaurant opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. [501.472] The Firehouse Five Plus Two band at Disneyland disbands. [228.186] The Indian Village attraction in Disneyland closes. [228.254] Dick Nunis becomes executive vice president of Disneyland. [409.2] (1972 [228.363]) October 1 The Market House store opens on Main Street at Disneyland. [228.311] 1972 January The New Century Clock Shop opens on Main Street at Disneyland. [228.354] March 24 The Bear Country area opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. [26.93] [98] [228.45] The Country Bear Jamboree attraction opens in Bear Country at Disneyland. [9] [4] [26.27] [209.30] [232.84] [228.106] [757.40] [939.128] March The Teddi Bara's Swingin' Arcade opens at Disneyland. [9] [26.27] [501.540] The Ursus H. Bear's Wilderness Outpost shop opens in Bear Country at Disneyland. [501.582] (month unknown) The Mile Long Bar opens in Bear Country at Disneyland. [228.331] The Golden Bear Lodge Restaurant opens in Bear Country at Disneyland. [228.247] June 17 The Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disneyland. The vehicles feature 500,000 sparkling lights, and 500 miles of wiring. [4] [26.27] [86.24] [228.306] [246.91] [757.40] [939.132] (month unknown) The Creole Cafe restaurant in Disneyland closes. [228.109] The Cafe Orleans restaurant opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. Former name was Creole Cafe. [228.75] October The "Winnie the Pooh for President Day" event is held at Disneyland. [501.616] 1973 January 1 The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction at Disneyland closes. [228.217] February 11 The Legacy of Walt Disney display at Disneyland closes. [228.284] April 8 The Walt Disney Story attraction and film opens on Main Street at Disneyland. [9] [4] [26.27] [501.594] April The Disneyland Showcase attraction opens at Disneyland. [9] June The first death associated with Disneyland's Tom Sawyer Island is recorded. 18-year old Bodgen De Laurot tries to swim from the island back to the mainland. His drowned body is found the next morning. [163] [450.171] (month unknown) The Pack Mules Through Nature's Wonderland ride at Disneyland closes. [225.110] [228.378] [1235.29] United Airlines ceases sponsoring the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction at Disneyland. [228.164] The display Disneyland Presents a Preview of Coming Attractions opens on Main Street at Disneyland. [228.136] September 9 The Carousel of Progress attraction at Disneyland closes. (The attraction is moved to Walt Disney World.) [37.127] [228.203] 1974 April 10 The TV special Sandy in Disneyland airs. [501.484] (month unknown) Disneyland streamlines management, consolidating operating, food, and merchandising divisions of each main geographic section into three production areas. [450.66] June 28 Disney holds a press debut of the America Sings attraction in the carousel theater in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [450.172] June 29 The America Sings attraction opens in the Carousel Theater in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [4] [9] [26.27] [163] [228.21] [939.142] July 8 The first death of a Disneyland employee on duty is recorded. Deborah Stone is crushed between a moving wall and a stationary wall of the America Sings revolving theater. [163] [450.172] July 11 The syndicated television special Herbie Day at Disneyland airs. [228.232] July Work begins on converting the Disneyland Railroad's open-platform observation train car Grand Canyon to a luxury private tour car. [328.223] September 30 The contract with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe company (for sponsorship of the Disneyland railroad) expires, with no renewal agreed to. [328.274] (month unknown) The Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland temporarily ceases operation. (It returns in 1977.) [228.306] October 1 The name of the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad attraction in Disneyland is shortened to Disneyland Railroad. [228.136] November 8 The National Broadcasting Company airs The Rockford Files TV show in the USA. A character refers to a police badge as "one of those things they hand out at Disneyland". [1167] December 20 The National Broadcasting Company airs The Rockford Files TV show in the USA. Disneyland and the Matterhorn attraction are mentioned. [1168]

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