On this day in 1994, Frances Heflin passed away at the age of 73. Heflin played the role of Mona Kane (Erica Kane's mother) on All My Children from the day the show premiered until her death. She died after a battle with lung cancer.
In 1995 - Ned and Lois (Wally Kurth and Rena Sofer) were married on General Hospital. In real-life, the two actors had married each other just months earlier. They divorced in 1997.
In 2007 - Actor Jake Silbermann made his soap opera debut in the role of Noah Mayer on As the World Turns. He and co-star, Van Hansis (Luke Snyder), would become the first gay male soap opera supercouple in soap operas. AND...today just happens to be Jake's birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!