Today in Soap Opera History (May 5)

On this date in...

1934: Legendary soap opera writer Douglas Marland was born. He died in 1993 at age 58 while serving as head writer of AS THE WORLD TURNS.

1965: OUR PRIVATE WORLD, the primetime AS THE WORLD TURNS spinoff starring Eileen Fulton, debuted on CBS.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Frankie Michaels (ex-Tom, AS THE WORLD TURNS/OUR PRIVATE WORLD) - 57
Ian Virgo (ex-Phil, DOCTORS) - 31
Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff (ex-Nurse, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 22