On this date in...
1980: Beverlee McKinsey made her final appearance as Iris on ANOTHER WORLD. The show aired its final 90-minute episode that Friday. The following Monday, Iris would be spun off into her own show, TEXAS.
1981: MTV first aired at 12:01 a.m. GENERAL HOSPITAL's Rick Springfield had the No. 1 song in the U.S. that week with "Jessie's Girl," but the new network did not play a Springfield video that first day.
1993: Leonard J. Stabb, GUIDING LIGHT's Hart Jessup, was hospitalized in critical condition after a hang-gliding accident.
1994: Soap diva Eileen Fulton performed at the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove on Fire Island.
2005: The BBC World Service launched its first online soap opera, THE FLATMATES.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Dana Sparks (ex-Grace/Faith, PASSIONS; ex-Victoria, FALCON CREST) - 50
Jennifer Gareis (Donna, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Grace, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 41
Nic Robuck (James, ONE LIFE TO LIVE)
Sasha Jackson (ex-Kylie, ONE TREE HILL) - 23
Jack O'Connell (Cook, SKINS; ex-Ross, THE BILL) - 22
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