Then-Executive Producer Betty Corday (near r.) joined the cast in 1972 to celebrate the show’s 7th birthday.
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In 1981, the show hit the 4,000 episode mark.
In 2005, Executive Producer Ken Corday (c.) and the cast were on hand for the 10,000th episode celebration.
Suzanne Rogers (Maggie, far l.) and Kristian Alfonso (Hope) flanked Corday at the 44th anniversary cake.
In 2010 (from near r.), Alison Sweeney (Sami), Bill Hayes (Doug), Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie), Corday, Rogers, Alfonso and Peter Reckell (ex-Bo) toasted to 45 years on the air.
Last year’s Day of DAYS at Universal Studios coincided with the soap’s 52nd anniversary.