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2002 Mary Stuart, long-time soap star, Search for Tomorrow, dies at 76
1998 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1997 "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV 1997 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1996 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1995 Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72 1995 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1993 Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58 1993 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1993 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV 1992 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1991 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode 1991 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2 year run 1991 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1990 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins 1989 1st half-black soap opera, "Generations," premieres on NBC-TV 1988 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46 1987 Soap "Bold and Beautiful" premieres 1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode 1987 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1986 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins 1986 TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run 1984 TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run 1984 Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV 1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards 1982 TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run 1982 Soap opera "Capitol" premieres 1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs 1981 Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC 1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run 1978 "For Richer, For Poorer," TV Daytime Soap; last airs on NBC-TV 1976 TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run 1975 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres 1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1973 Akron Ohio's Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby 1973 Irna Phillips, creator of 5 TV soap operas, dies at 72 1973 Soap "Young and Restless" premieres 1973 After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends 1972 Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies 1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run 1970 Soap opera "Somerset" premieres 1970 Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC 1969 "Bright Promise," TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV 1968 Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres 1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV 1966 Thorsten Kaye, soap actor, Patrick-One Life to Live, Silencers 1963 Soap operas "General Hospital" and "Doctors" premier on TV 1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone" 1960 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 Peter Virgile, soap actor, Hostage, Popeye Doyle 1958 TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts 1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" and "Edge of Night" premieres on TV 1955 Rebecca Balding, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Carla-Lou Grant, Soap 1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres 1954 Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres 1952 "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV 1951 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS 1949 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago) 1948 Sal Viscuso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Soap, Montefuscos 1947 Billy Crystal, born in Long Beach, New York, comedian, Soap, SNL, City Slickers 1947 1st broadcast of 1st U.S. TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember" 1946 Bob Seagren, Pomona California, actor, Soap, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 68 1946 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont 1944 Matthew Cowles, soap actor, Eban Japes-Loving, Billy in 'All My Children' 1944 Jennifer Salt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party 1941 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 Julio B. Euson, Aruban singer, I Use the Soap 1940 Jackie Trent, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, singer, actress, songwriter, wrote famous theme tune for TV soap, 'Neighbours' 1940 German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration 1937 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio 1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital 1934 Katherine Helmond, actress, Soap, Coach 1932 Richard Mulligan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus 1930 Gerry Davis, born in England, science-fiction writer, wrote British television soap operas Coronation Street and United!, script editor for Doctor Who 1929 John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate 1929 Katherine Helmond, born in Galveston, Texas, actress, Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss 1927 Robert Guillaume, Williams, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Benson, Soap 1927 William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless 1901 Irna Phillips, born in Chicago, created 6 soap operas, Guiding Light 1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap |
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