Friday, October 14, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History (October 14)

On this date in...

2001: DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION premiered.

2008: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS aired its 9,000th episode.

2011: SoapClassics.com launched their website and began selling the very first AS THE WORLD TURNS DVD collection.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Lee Lawson (ex-Bea, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Wanda, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Barbara, LOVE OF LIFE) - 70
Greg Evigan (ex-Dan, MELROSE PLACE; ex-Robert, PACIFIC PALISADES; ex-Charles, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) - 58
Arleen Sorkin (ex-Calliope, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 55
Usher (Raymond, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 33
Daniel Clark (ex-Sean, DEGRASSI) - 26
MacKenzie Mauzy (ex-Phoebe, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Lizzie, GUIDING LIGHT) - 23
Mia Wasikowska (ex-Sophie, IN TREATMENT) - 22

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