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1967: Dark Shadows' Barnabas choked, thanks to Angelique.

1987: Santa Barbara's Mason and Julie had sex in a cave.

1989: Another World's Rachel spent Thanksgiving without Mac.

1999: Chloe Lane first appeared on Days of our Lives."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1967: On Dark Shadows, Angelique Bouchard (Lara Parker) put a handkerchief around the toy soldier's neck. As she tightened it, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) began to choke, and he eventually collapsed on the floor.

1975: On Ryan's Hope, Mrs. Huber (Martha Greenhouse) complained to Frank Ryan (Michael Hawkins) about her apartment building possibly being sold without the tenant's approval.

1980: Edge of Night's Draper was sentenced.

1981: Gh's Sarah raised Jeff's suspicions.

1986: Y&R's John confronted Jack.

1995: AMC's Will shocked a Pine Valley courtroom."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1941: Radio soap opera We Are Always Young premiered on the Mutual Network. The show told the story of a serious composer who worked...

Strong Dose of Reality for ABC's One Life To Live

The soap shows eight sections of the Names Project AIDS Quilt to conclude a summer-long plot examining homophobia and a gay teen character.

By Connie Passalacqua

Los Angeles Times

August 28, 1992

New York — One of TV's daytime soap operas, which daily feature characters having romances amid a backdrop of froth and fantasy, today injects a taste of bitter reality.

Today and Monday, ABC's One Life To Live (which airs weekdays at 1 p.m. on Channels 7, 3, 10 and 42) rolls out eight sections of the Names Project AIDS Quilt as a conclusion to a summer-long plot examining homophobia and a teen character's public declaration that he is gay. The AIDS quilt has never been displayed before in any kind of commercial or entertainment genre.

"I wanted a highly dramatic end for the homophobia story we've been doing all summer," says One Life To Live executive producer Linda Gottlieb,...

Roscoe Born (ex-Mitch, One Life To Live; ex-Trent, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Tom, The Young And The Restless; ex-Jim, All My Children; ex-Joe, Ryan's Hope; ex-Quinn, Santa Barbara; ex-Warden, Passions; ex-Adamski, As The World Turns) - 60

Wortham Krimmer (ex-Andrew, One Life To Live; ex-Cal, Days Of Our Lives) - 59

Lisa Howard (ex-April, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Meg, Ryan's Hope) - 47

Garret Dillahunt (ex-Charlemagne, One Life To Live) - 46

Katherine Heigl (Izzie, Grey's Anatomy) - 32

Sarah Hyland (ex-Heather, One Life To Live; ex-Rain, Another World; ex-Karen, All My Children; ex-Ali, As The World Turns) - 20...