Five Things That Happened On June 4 In Soap History

In 1980, the 7th annual Daytime Emmys were held in Studio 8H in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City and broadcast on NBC. At the ceremony, the big winners included Guiding Light, which took home the prize for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor Douglass Watson (ex-Mac Cory, Another World) and Outstanding Lead Actress Judith Light (ex-Karen Wolek, One Life to Live). In the Supporting category, the winners were Warren Burton as Eddie Dorrance on All My Children and Francesa James as AMC's Kelly Cole Tyler. Ryan's Hope was honored in the Outstanding Writing category.

In 1984, Elizabeth Taylor (l.) popped up in an All My Children scene as a surprise to Carol Burnett (Verla Grubbs). Taylor's character in the cameo was an homage to Burnett's Charwoman character. "You're Vera — Verla Grubbs!" Taylor pronounced in the scene. "I knew your mother." When Taylor exited the scene, Burnett quipped, "That woman's pilot light is out." This marked Taylor's second appearance in a daytime drama, following her memorable 1981 stint as General Hospital's Helena Cassadine.

In 1990, Justin Kiriakis (Wally Kurth) and Adrienne Johnson (Judi Evans) remarried on Days of Our Lives. They had first tied the knot in 1987, but were torn apart by his extramarital affair with Anjelica Deveraux, which produced a son, Alexander, as well as Justin's dangerous jealousy of Adrienne's bond with Emilio Ramirez and Adrienne faking a pregnancy. However, they soon realized that they were still in love and walked down the aisle yet again.

In 2008, future Daytime Emmy-winner Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (r.) made her Bold and Beautiful debut, assuming the role of Ridge and Taylor's (Hunter Tylo) daughter, Steffy Forrester. In 2018, she recalled to Soaps In Depth that when she learned she had booked the role, "I was in the changing room at Victoria’s Secret at The Grove [an L.A. shoping mall]. I was a screaming, squealing girl in a dressing room!” On her first day, she shared, “I was nervous but not as much as you’d think. What made me most nervous was the fact that my first scenes were with Taylor and [Ronn Moss’s] Ridge. I grew up watching B&B, so I knew these faces.”

In 2009, future Daytime Emmy-winner Lexi Ainsworth (pictured with Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri) made her GH entrance as Kristina Corinthos-Davis. In 2023, the actress recalled to Soap Opera Digest, "I was 16; I remember that because the day I found out that I booked the show was the same day that I got my driver’s license, so it’s a core memory for me. My agent got me the audition. I went in, I did my scenes with [Casting Director] Mark Teschner and then they brought me back for a chemistry read with Steve Burton [Jason]. I remember being really excited but also very nervous; he’s the nicest guy, but he can come off somewhat intimidating. But he was great, and I booked it, and the day before my first scenes, they called and said, ‘You’re fine with, like, shooting in your bra and underwear, right?’ I was just thrown into this situation that I didn’t realize I was going to be in, but it ended up working out — and I ended up in boxer shorts instead of an actual bra and underwear."