Construction of Walt Disney World in Florida began in 1967, less than a year after Walt Disney’s death. The operation opened on October 1, 1971.

(October 15, 1971)

LOS ANGELES (AP) Jackie Cooper, the former child movie star who
won a best actor Oscar nomination at the age of 9 for “Skippy” and
grew up to play The Daily Planet editor in Christopher Reeve’s four
“Superman” movies, has died. His son John Cooper said his father
died Tuesday of natural cause at a nursing facility in Santa Monica,
California. He was 88.

Pediatrician Benjamin McLane Spock was the author of Baby and Child Care, 
published in 1946. It is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. His ideas 
about childcare influenced several generations of parents. 

The Easter Egg Roll is an annual event, and is held on the White House Lawn each Easter Monday for children and their parents. It is a race where the children push
an egg through the grass with a long-handled spoon. The event includes White
House personalities in Easter Bunny costumes, speeches and book reading by
cabinet secretaries along with exhibits of decorated eggs.

Dolly Madison, the wife of President James Madison is credited with beginning the
Egg Roll in 1814. The original site was on the grounds of the United States Capital,
but in 1877 a new lawn was planted and the gardeners cancelled the event. Congress then passed a law making it illegal to use the grounds as a children’s playground. At
the request of a number of children, including his own, the then President Rutherford
B. Hayes and his wife Lucy brought the event to the White House lawns. The event
was abandoned during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, and revived by Mamie Eisenhower during her husband’s term in office.

The Easter Monday  Egg Roll in 1898

Egg Roll in 1905

The Egg Roll in 1925