Thursday, January 12, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (January 12)

On this date in...

1967: The character of Hope Bauer, crossing over from THE GUIDING LIGHT, appeared on ANOTHER WORLD for the final time.

1981: Primetime soap DYNASTY, created by Richard & Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, premiered on ABC as a three-hour event.



1981: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Molly Sherwood confessed to two murders.

1984: On ONE LIFE TO LIVE, David asked Jenny for her patience.



2009: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Luke and Noah made love for the first time.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Scottie MacGregor (ex-Tammy, LOVE OF LIFE) - 87
Ron Harper (ex-Peter, GENERATIONS; ex-Charles, LOVING; ex-Baxter, CAPITOL; ex-Taylor, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Andrew, LOVE OF LIFE) - 76
Jason Harper (Gavin, UNDRESSED) - 38
Naya Rivera (Santana, GLEE) - 25

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