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| 1981: General Hospital's Luke went to church. 1991: The final episode of Twin Peaks aired on ABC. 2009: Guiding Light's Josh and Olivia shared a kiss. 2010: Amanda and Jake were married on All My Children. |
On this day in...
1941: On NBC radio soap opera The Guiding Light, Myrna returned to San Francisco in a depression and tried to bury her grief by returning to her broadcasting career. Martin Kane thought she was sad because her ex-husband, Ned Holden (Ed Prentiss), was marrying Mary Rutledge (Sarajane Wells) but Myrna told him that wasn't the case. She confessed that she met a man on the East Coast and fell in love with him. Myrna refused to give details, but said that the relationship ended. Martin said that she may have misinterpreted the entire affair and that he'll wait for her.1970: On Another World, Russ (Sam Groom) was fed up with Rachel's (Robin Strasser) attitude, and asked Dru (Geoffrey Lumb) about starting divorce proceedings.
1981: On General Hospital, Luke (Anthony Geary) underwent a makeover and headed to the Mission Church of the Blinding Light.
1984: On The Edge of Night, a mystery man called the TV station to offer congratulations to Preacher Emerson on a job well done, even though Preacher's name was never revealed on the broadcast.
1985: Actor John Devlin died at age 48. Among his soap roles was Jason Maxwell on All My Children and Dr. Nathaniel Fuller in A World Apart.
1991: On Santa Barbara, Cruz (A Martinez) and Flame (Roberta Bizeau Weiss) decided to work together.
1991: ABC aired the final two episodes of primetime soap opera Twin Peaks. The series totaled 30 episodes after a two season run.
1991: Dame Judith Anderson (ex-Minx, Santa Barbara) was awarded the A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) for her services to drama.
1998: On As the World Turns, Emma Snyder (Kathleen Widdoes) was determined to see her nephew, Jack, find romance Julia Lindsey.
2009: On Guiding Light, Olivia (Crystal Chappell) and Josh (Robert Newman) shared a kiss.
2010: On All My Children, Jake (Ricky Paull Goldin) and Amanda (Chrishell Stause) were married. Musician Dave Barnes performed at the reception.
Today's Birthdays
Robert Clohessy (ex-Doug, All My Children; ex-Gil, Guiding Light) - 68Carolyn Hennesy (Diane, General Hospital; ex-Rosalyn, True Blood) - 64
Gina Gershon (ex-Ellen, Melrose Place) - 64
Elizabeth Hurley (ex-Diana, Gossip Girl) - 61
Susan Haskell (ex-Marty, One Life to Live; ex-Granya, Port Charles) - 58
Alan White (ex-Chris, As the World Turns)
Shane West (ex-Michael, Nikita) - 48
Jonathan Bennett (ex-J.R., All My Children) - 45
Toby Levins (ex-Brett, Home and Away) - 45
Catherine Gardner (ex-Rosa, All My Children) - 44
Nick Adams (ex-Tony, As the World Turns) - 43
Shanna Collins (ex-Laurie, Swingtown) - 43
Andrew Lees (ex-Nathan, Home and Away) - 41
Eden McCoy (Josslyn, General Hospital) - 23
Also born on this day in 1928 Lee Phillip Bell co-created The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless) with her husband William J. Bell. She passed away on February 25, 2020 at age 91. Read her backstory in the article "He's Wed to a Celebrity, She's Lee Phillip--and Their Marriage Is Successful".
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