When Disneyland opened its gates to the public for the first time on this day in 1955, visitors had been waiting in line since 2 a.m. to get inside the "Happiest Place on Earth".
In the first ten weeks, the park hosted more than one million guests, and soon became a favorite spot of visiting foreign dignitaries, from Indian Prime Minister Nehru to the King of Nepal.
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