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Today in Soap Opera History (March 24)

1975: Y&R's Kay begged Phillip not to leave her.
1987: One Life to Live's Viki visited heaven.
1987: B&B's Brooke confided in Stephanie.
2008: Days of our Lives' Shawn & Belle left Salem.

On this day in...

1955: On The Inner Flame, Walt (Karl Swenson) was unwilling to accept Murray's help.

1955: On Golden Windows, Carl told Charles (Eric Dressler) he would confess his crimes.

1955: On One Man's Family, Hazel and Bill returned from their honeymoon.

1955: On Concerning Miss Marlowe, Barbara finally met Belle Mere in Boston.

1966: Don Gordon debuted on Peyton Place as Richard Jensen, a man from Stella Chernak's past.



1975: On The Young and the Restless, Katherine (Jeanne Cooper) begged Phillip (Donnelly Rhodes) not to leave after he told her their marriage was over.

1980: On The Edge of Night, Emily told amnesiac Draper (Tony Craig) that she new him.



1981: Gregg Marx debuted as David Banning in Days of our Lives. Dick Billingsley also made his first appearance as Scotty Banning.

1981: On Another World, Jamie (Richard Bekins) took another amphetamine to stay awake and work.



1986: On Another World, Kathleen McKinnon (Julie Osburn) returned to Bay City only to find Cass Winthrop (Stephen Schnetzer) in a compromising situation with another woman, Tanya (Marcia Cross).



1987: Susan Flannery made her first appearance as Stephanie Forrester on the second episode The Bold and the Beautiful.



1987: On One Life to Live, Viki (Erika Slezak) lay in a coma on life support following surgery and experienced a powerful vision of heaven—reuniting with loved ones and learning how proud her father truly was, despite his past mistakes.  

Back in Llanview, Larry updated family and friends on Viki’s fragile condition, while Asa warned Maria to stay away from a vulnerable Clint. In her vision, Viki was comforted—but grew distressed realizing her children were left behind without her.

Ultimately, she understood she was still alive, and that the voices urging her to let go were coming from those in heaven. Meanwhile, Clint and Tom reflected on their deep love for Viki.



1989: Shelley Taylor Morgan aired for the final time as Angelica in Days of our Lives.

1989: On The Bold and the Beautiful, Stephanie (Susan Flannery) tried to comfort a distraught Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) who was worried about having a miscarriage.

1994: On All My Children,, Jackson (Walt Willey) made his closing argument at Erica's (Susan Lucci) trial.



2004: On All My Children, after finding Babe and Bianca, their loved ones question Paul Cramer (David Tom), who told them that baby girl in the remaining incubator was JR and Babe's daughter and that Bianca's baby was missing.

2004: On One Life to Live, Kelly named the baby boy Paul stole him from Babe Chandler "Asa 'Ace' Buchanan" and introduced him to Kevin.

2005: On Guiding Light, Gus (Ricky Paull Goldin) went back to the courtroom to support Harley despite having a bleeding ulcer.



2008: On Days of our Lives, Shawn, Belle, and Claire said their goodbyes and left Salem to sail around the world.

Today's Birthdays

Donna Pescow (ex-Lynn, All My Children,; ex-Gertrude, General Hospital; One Life to Live) - 72
Kim Johnston Ulrich (ex-Ivy, Passions; ex-Diana, As the World Turns) - 71
Terrell Anthony (ex-Rusty, Guiding Light) - 67
Star Jones (Herself, All My Children,) - 64
Lisa Lord (ex-Maureen, All My Children,; ex-Grace, Port Charles; ex-Antoinette, General Hospital) - 62
Kirk Geiger (ex-Kevin, One Life to Live; ex-Chad, Days of our Lives) - 57
Lara Flynn Boyle (Donna, Twin Peaks) - 56
James Napier (ex-Glen, Shortland Street) - 43
Courtney Chase (ex-Sarah, One Life to Live) - 37