This Day, That Year – October 1

Walt Disney World Resorts opened in Bay Lake, Florida on this day in 1971. The resort opened with the Magic Kingdom theme park featuring the Cinderella Castle.

Did you know that:

• “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott was published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston on this day in 1868
• The Ford Model T (Known as the “Tin Lizzie”) was introduced to the public on this day in 1908
• An oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye on this day in 1926, but he used the settlement money to buy his first aircraft