Today in Soap Opera History (March 1)

On this date in...

1984: On GUIDING LIGHT, Mindy (Krista Tesreau) worried she might be pregnant with Phillip's baby.



1988: On GENERAL HOSPITAL, the State Commissioner of Police (John Ingle) arrived in Port Charles.



1990: Michael T. Weiss aired for the final time as Mike Horton in DAYS OF OUR LIVES.

1993: On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) blackmailed Lauren to keep quiet.



1996: ANOTHER WORLD's "You Take Me Away To (Another World)" theme aired for the final time.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
Robert Clary (ex-Robert, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 87
Jed Allan (Harold, THE BAY; ex-Don, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-C.C., SANTA BARBARA, ex-Edward, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Ed, PORT CHARLES) - 78
Alan Thicke (ex-Donald, THE L.A. COMPLEX; ex-Rich, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 66
Andrew Masset (ex-Larry, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Harrison, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Trevor, GENERATIONS; ex-Frank, FALCON CREST; ex-Joseph, SANTA BARBARA) - 64
Richard Shoberg (ex-Tom, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Mitch, SOMERSET; ex-Kevin, THE EDGE OF NIGHT) - 65
Catherine Bach (Anita, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 58
Tim Daly (ex-Pete, PRIVATE PRACTICE) - 57
Maurice Benard (Sonny, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Nico, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 50
Bryan Batt (ex-Salvatore, MAD MEN) - 50
George Eads (ex-Nick, SAVANNAH) - 46
Jack Davenport (Derek, SMASH; ex-Bruce, SWINGTOWN) - 40
Jensen Ackles (Dean, SUPERNATURAL; ex-Eric, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 35
Alicia Leigh Willis (ex-Courtney, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Cindi, THE L WORD; ex-Allie, ANOTHER WORLD) - 35
Denise Vasi (Raquel, SINGLE LADIES; ex-Randi, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 30

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