On this day in 1996, All My Children's Jackson Montgomery (Walt Willey) made a crossover appearance on the ABC soap opera, The City. Jackson would provide legal counsel to Sydney Chase (Morgan Fairchild) regarding her late husband's estate.
In 1999 - Passions made its debut on NBC. On the air for nearly a decade, it became the first daytime drama to make full episodes available for download and purchase from the online music store, iTunes. It also became the first daytime drama to make full episodes available for free viewing via streaming on NBC.com.
In 2002 - Stephanie Gatschet made her debut in the role of Tammy Layne Winslow on Guiding Light. Best known for her storyline in the elicit, romantic pairing of cousins Tammy and Jonathan (Tom Pelphrey), Gatschet would be acknowledged by her peers with a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2007.