Happy Birthday RIP Alan Ladd(1913–1964) Verla Eileen Brennan(1932–2013) “Kitty Carlisle”(Catherine Conn 1910–2007) Anna “Anne” Jackson(1925–2016) ; Valerie Perrine–79 Adam Curry–58 “Charlie Sheen”(Carlos Estevez)–57 Samuel “Nick” Wechsler–44 David Moretti–41 Garrett Hedlund–38 ; 1951 – The first long-running American soap opera, “Search for Tomorrow”, airs its first episode on the CBS television network in black and white. Color broadcast starts in 1967. Soap opera is defined as TV drama series dealing with daily events of same group of characters.