Five Things That Happened On May 21 In Soap History

In 1992, Kimberlin Brown made her first Bold and Beautiful appearance as Sheila Carter, the villainess she first portrayed on Young and Restless. Brown made the move from Y&R to B&B after Sheila was presumed dead on Y&R. In arguably the most successful crossover in daytime history, B&B's ratings shot up when the devious nurse arrived in Los Angeles, determined to keep her criminal past in Genoa City buried, and wormed her way into the lives of the Forresters, taking up with its patriarch, Eric (John McCook).

In 1999, Josh Lewis (Robert Newman) and Reva Shayne (Kim Zimmer) remarried on Guiding Light. They had previously tied the knot in 1989. Josh took Reva, who had miraculously returned from the dead in 1995 (after seemingly drowning in 1990), to be his lawfully wedded wife once again at the Springfield Country Club. His troubled ex, Annie Dutton, showed up, but only to say that she'd given up trying to keep them apart. With that settled, Josh pledged to love Reva "without limit" and "to try real hard to understand you as best I can." Reva's response? "Good luck there!"

In 1999, All My Children’s Susan Lucci (ex-Erica) won her long-awaited Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress after 19 nominations. Lucci’s first nomination came in 1978. She was then nominated again in 1981, and on the list every successive year except 1994. When her name was called, the crowd went wild, leading to a thunderous standing ovation. In the press room after she got offstage, Lucci marveled, “I really couldn’t believe it. I heard [Shemar Moore, ex-Malcolm, Y&R, the presenter in her category] say, ‘The streak is broken,’ and I thought, ‘What, what streak?’ I didn’t understand. I usually go a little numb. I started going numb a few years ago when they get to that part. I couldn’t believe they really said my name.”

In 2008, All My Children supercouple Angie and Jesse Hubbard (Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams) remarried. Ne-Yo was on hand to serenade the happy couple at the wedding, a surprise from the groom to his bride. Jesse presented Angie with a new ring, replacing her original wedding band, which had belonged to his mother. Jesse noted that while the previous ring represented their past, this one represented their future. After Angie and Jesse were pronounced husband and wife, the guests cheered loudly.

In 2021, General Hospital aired a special standalone episode memorializing Sean Donely, whose portrayer, John Reilly, had passed away earlier in the year. Reilly's real-life daughter, Caitlin Reilly (c., seated) was tapped to play the role of Sean's daughter, Annie Donely, and in the course of the episode, she received her WSB badge, following in her father's super-spy footsteps. Reilly's longtime leading lady, Sharon Wyatt (ex-Tiffany) also appeared in the show by voice in a phone call. Sean's mourners included ex-lover Monica (Leslie Charleson, far l.) and longtime pal Robert (Tristan Rogers, top l.), along with (from l.) Laura (Genie Francis), Anna (Finola Hughes), Mac (John J. York), Robin (Kimberly McCullough) and Felicia (Kristina Wagner).