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2002 Death - Mary Stuart, long-time soap star, Search for Tomorrow, dies at 76

1998 Event - 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards

1997 Event - "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV

1997 Event - 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards

1996 Event - 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards

1995 Death - Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72

1995 Event - 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards

1994 Event - 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1993 Death - Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58

1993 Event - 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards

1993 Event - Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV

1992 Event - 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards

1991 Event - Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode

1991 Event - Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2 year run

1991 Event - 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1990 Event - 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins

1989 Event - 1st half-black soap opera, "Generations," premieres on NBC-TV

1988 Event - 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1988 Death - Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46

1987 Birthday - Ben Nicholas, born in Adelaide, Australia, actor, known for role as Scott Timmins in Australia's soap opera, 'Neighbours'

1987 Event - Soap "Bold and Beautiful" premieres

1987 Event - Soap opera "Capitol" final episode

1987 Event - 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1986 Event - 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins

1986 Event - TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run

1984 Event - TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run

1984 Event - Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV

1984 Event - 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards

1982 Event - TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run

1982 Event - Soap opera "Capitol" premieres

1981 Event - Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs

1981 Event - Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC

1980 Event - Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run

1978 Event - "For Richer, For Poorer," TV Daytime Soap; last airs on NBC-TV

1976 Event - TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run

1975 Event - TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres

1974 Birthday - Ryan Phillippe, born in New Castle, Delaware, actor, appeared in 'One Life to Live' soap opera, films include, 'Cruel Intentions', 'Crash'

1974 Event - Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run

1973 Event - Akron Ohio's Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby

1973 Death - Irna Phillips, creator of 5 TV soap operas, dies at 72

1973 Event - Soap "Young and Restless" premieres

1973 Event - After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends

1972 Death - Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies

1971 Event - Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run

1970 Event - Soap opera "Somerset" premieres

1970 Event - Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC

1969 Event - "Bright Promise," TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV

1968 Birthday - Vanessa Marcil, born in Indio, California, actress, appeared in television series, 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'General Hospital' soap opera

1968 Event - Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres

1968 Birthday - Shannon Sturges, born in Hollywood, California, actress, daytime soap opera veteran, appeared in television shows Passions, Charmed, Savannah, Days of Our Lives

1966 Event - 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV

1966 Birthday - Thorsten Kaye, soap actor, Patrick-One Life to Live, Silencers

1963 Event - Soap operas "General Hospital" and "Doctors" premier on TV

1963 Event - Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"

1960 Event - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series

1960 Birthday - Peter Virgile, soap actor, Hostage, Popeye Doyle

1958 Event - TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts

1956 Event - Soap operas "As the World Turns" and "Edge of Night" premieres on TV

1955 Birthday - Rebecca Balding, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Carla-Lou Grant, Soap

1954 Event - 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres

1954 Event - Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres

1952 Event - "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV

1951 Event - TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS

1949 Event - 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)

1948 Birthday - Sal Viscuso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Soap, Montefuscos

1947 Birthday - Billy Crystal, born in Long Beach, New York, comedian, Soap, SNL, City Slickers

1947 Event - 1st broadcast of 1st U.S. TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"

1946 Birthday - Bob Seagren, Pomona California, actor, Soap, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 68

1946 Event - 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont

1944 Birthday - Matthew Cowles, soap actor, Eban Japes-Loving, Billy in 'All My Children'

1944 Birthday - Jennifer Salt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party

1941 Birthday - Micki Grant, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, singer, soprano, actress, writer, composer, appeared on NBC's Another World, became first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera

1941 Birthday - Julio B. Euson, Aruban singer, I Use the Soap

1940 Birthday - Jackie Trent, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, singer, actress, songwriter, wrote famous theme tune for TV soap, 'Neighbours'

1940 Event - German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration

1937 Event - 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio

1935 Birthday - Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital

1934 Birthday - Katherine Helmond, actress, Soap, Coach

1932 Birthday - Richard Mulligan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus

1930 Birthday - Gerry Davis, born in England, science-fiction writer, wrote British television soap operas Coronation Street and United!, script editor for Doctor Who

1929 Birthday - John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate

1929 Birthday - Katherine Helmond, born in Galveston, Texas, actress, Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss

1927 Birthday - Robert Guillaume, Williams, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Benson, Soap

1927 Birthday - William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless

1901 Birthday - Irna Phillips, born in Chicago, created 6 soap operas, Guiding Light

1878 Event - Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap













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