Today in Soap Opera History (February 20)

1970: Dark Shadows' Quentin and Maggie had matching pitchforks on their hands.
1980: Edge of Night's Mrs. Henson testified at Draper's trial.
1995: ATWT's Eduardo died.
2006: GH's Courtney found out Nikolas was the father of her baby (Spencer Cassadine).

On this day in...

1967: CBS began broadcasting As the World Turns in color, shifting from the black-and-white telecasts of the show's first 11 years.

1970: On Dark Shadows, Quentin (David Selby) and Maggie (Kathryn Leigh Scott) noticed they both had pitchfork marks on their hands.

1975: On Another World, Iris (Beverlee McKinsey) ripped up the announcement of Mac and Rachel's marriage which included a "ghastly picture of the new Mrs. Cory."

1980: On The Edge of Night, Mrs. Henson (Lori March) testified at Draper's (Tony Craig) murder trial.



1984: Beverlee McKinsey debuted as Alexandra (Spaulding) von Halkein on Guiding Light.



1985: On Santa Barbara, Lionel (Nicolas Coster) was released from jail after Peter's "confession" was found. Augusta (Louise Sorel) tried to figure out who the Contessa Armonti was and how she knew Lionel.



1987: On Another World, Vince McKinnon (Robert Hogan) fell through the ice while chasing Bernie Gladstone (Ron Sibert) over a frozen lake.



1995: On As the World Turns, Eduardo was in the hospital after being shot by Hans, the man who kidnapped Lily and Holden.  The doctors rushed in to try and save Eduardo but it was too late. A distraught Lisa (Eileen Fulton) stayed at his bedside and reminisced about their trip to New York and their unfinished honeymoon.



1995: On General Hospital, the cops found Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) kneeling over the body of Sean Donely (John Reilly), who had just been shot.



2001: On As the World Turns, Jake McKinnon (Tom Eplin) said goodbye to his late wife, Vicky (Jensen Buchanan), as her spirit finally crossed over to heaven. This marked the end of Jensen Buchanan's run as Victoria "Vicky" Hudson McKinnon, a role she played in Another World from 1991 until the soap's cancellation in 1999 before crossing over to ATWT.



2004: On The Young and the Restless, Arthur (David Hedison) revealed he was Jill's (Jess Walton) father, and did not understand why Kay (Jeanne Cooper) kept it a secret so many years. Meanwhile, Michael (Christian LeBlanc) tried to talk Kevin (Greg Rikaart) out of his suicidal state.

2006: ABC aired the 11,000th episode of General Hospital. After giving birth to her son (Baby John, now known as Spencer Cassadine), Courtney learned that Nikolas, not Jax, was the baby's father.

Today's Birthdays

Sandy Duncan (ex-Helen, Search for Tomorrow) - 80
David A. Kimball (ex-Dr. Lurie, The Young and the Restless; ex-Lieutenant Unger, Knots Landing) - 74
Tracy Brooks Swope (ex-Liz, Where the Heart Is; ex-Chris, Another World; ex-Vanessa, General Hospital) - 73
Anthony Head (ex-Rupert, Buffy The Vampire Slayer) - 70
Rodney Van Johnson (ex-T.C., Passions; ex-Trey, The Young and the Restless; ex-Sebastian, Port Charles) - 65
Andrew Shue (ex-Billy, Melroseo Place) - 59
Lauren Ambrose (ex-Jill, Torchwood: Miracle Day; ex-Claire, Six Feet Under) - 48
Jay Hernandez (ex-Dante, Nashville; ex-Eddie, Undressed) - 48
Rihanna (Guest Star, All My Children) - 38
Abhi Sinha (ex-Ravi, The Young and the Restless; ex-Danny, Chasing Life) - 36