On this date in...
1979: ANOTHER WORLD expanded to 90 minutes. Olive set Alice's cottage on fire.
1980: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Draper prepared to go to prison by packing up his office.
1980: Margaret Mason ended a five year run as Linda Anderson on DAYS OF OUR LIVES (she had joined the show in 1970, left in 1971 and returned in 1975). She would return on a recurring basis for a couple of months in 1982.
1991: On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Danny performed in concert.
2001: A revived version of UK soap opera CROSSROADS premiered.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Ray MacDonnell (THE VINDICATED; ex-Joe, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Phil, THE EDGE OF NIGHT) - 84
Murray Head (ex-Doug, HOLBY CITY; ex-Jack, HEARTBEAT) - 66
Marcia McCabe (ex-Sunny, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; ex-Carolyn, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Bunny, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Alicia, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 57
Dan Olivo (Jimmy, VAMPIRE MOB) - 37
T.C. Warner (ex-Kelsey, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 35
Kimberly McCullough (Robin, GENERAL HOSPITAL/NIGHT SHIFT) - 34
Andrea Bowen (Julie, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) - 23
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you would like to submit a piece of soap opera history for this daily column, please email it to [email protected].
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