History of As the World Turns (1971-1975)
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1956-1960 |
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This article is about the history of As the World Turns (ATWT), the second longest-running American television soap opera.
[edit] Storylines
- Claire Cassen is killed after running into a road to try and apologize to Dan Stewart, unaware of passing cars, Claire is struck by one and dies after apologizing to Dan.
- Sandy McGuire married Peter Kane.
- Susan Stewart dated John Dixon briefly.
- Elizabeth Stewart becomes pregnant by Paul Stewart. She has a miscarriage and goes into a sanitarium.
- Susan Stewart then becomes pregnant by Dan Stewart.
- Penny Wade returns to town but the leaves town and marries Anton Cunningham.
- Simon Gilbey comes to town as his ward is Meredith Harcourt.
- Simon Gilbey falls in love with Lisa Shea. Then Simon Gilbey and Meredith Harcourt leave town as lovers.
- Chuck Ryan comes back to town and is involved with Kim and Jennifer Sullivan and has two children with Jennifer Sullivan, Barbara and Rick Ryan. Shortly after Chuck dies.
- Paul and Elizabeth Stewart divorce and he later dies.
- Donald Hughes and Lisa Shea get together.
- Nancy tries to get bob and Lisa back together.
- Lisa Shea believes she is pregnant but she is not.
- Jennifer Sullivan and Bob Hughes plan to get married.
- Tom Hughes and Carol Deming get married as with Bob Hughes and Jennifer Sullivan.
- Dan and Susan Stewart give birth to Emily Stewart. He left her for a nurse Peggy Reagan who liked Dan Stewart.
- Susan and Dan Stewart get a divorce and she married Bruce Baxter, but he didn't like children and had a vasectomy and Susan Stewart left him so he left town.
- When Dan Stewart performed gall-bladder surgery on Marie Marino she died and Joe Fernande shot him.
- Dan Stewart marries Elizabeth Stewart but when her and Susan Baxter were arguing she accidentally left the safety gate opened and Betsy Stewart was up there. Elizabeth Stewart went to go get her but fell going up the stairs, ruptured her live and died but not before telling that Dan Stewart was Betsy Stewart's father.
- Wally Matthews comes to town and then later Peter Burton and his adopted mother, Grace Burton. Peter Burton realizes Wally Matthews is his father. Lisa Shea and Donald Hughes become engaged and later leaves town because he can't be in the law firm.
- Wally Matthews tells Peter Burton that he's his father and Peter Burton left town with his new wife Marion.
- Wally Matthews left town when Lisa Shea rejected him.
- Amy Cunningham, Penny Hughes' adopted daughter comes to town but leaves shortly after.
- Bob Hughes puts Rick Ryan on probation.
- John Dixon wants to marry Kim Sullivan.
- Bob Hughes goes to see Kim Sullivan sing and after the two mader love.
- Jennifer becomes pregnant and Bob Hughes and her reconcile.
- Kim Sullivan becomes pregnant, not revealing the father.
- When Jennifer Hughes is about to get hit by a car Bob Hughes pushes her out of the way and gets hit and in the hospital reveals the he is the father of Kim Sullivan's child.
- Grant Coleman comes to town, he works for the Lowell firm and dates Lisa.
- Jay Stallings also comes to town. Gil Stallings, his stepfather burned their house down and came to town and set fire to the Wade Bookstore. Grant cornered him and he got hit by a truck. Jay Stallings starts up a construction company.
- Carol Hughes realizes she can't have children.
- Bob and Jennifer Hughes have Francis "Frannie" Hughes.
- Natalie Bannon comes to town and Tom Hughes fell in love with her.
- Kim Dixon wants a divorce from John Dixon but he threatened her.
- Susan gets a new boyfriend, Mark Galloway.
- John Dixon rapes Kim Dixon.
- Jennifer Sullivan almost died of a disease and then got in a car crash and died as Rick Ryan left town.
- John and Kim Dixon fight and he falls down the stairs and becomes in a wheelchair.
- Susan Stewart sued Dan Stewart for custody of Emily Stewart but lost and becomes a drunk.
- Susan Stewart liked Jay Stallings but was in love with Carol Deming and they later got married but him and Susan Stewart had an affair.
- Emily Stewart almost died of menigitis.
- Kim and Dan Stewart alst got a divorce but when a tornado hit she got a cuncussion so they continued their relationship.
- Kim Stewart and Grant COleman had a romance.
[edit] Characters
The Hughes Family
Will "Pa" Hughes
- m.Ma Hughes
- c.Edith Hughes Frey
- m.George Frey
- a.Jim Lowell (RIP)
- c.John Hughes
- m.Marion
- c.Christopher Hughes
- m.Nancy Hughes
- c.Donald Hughes
- m.Janice Turner Whipple Hughes(RIP)
- c.Penny Hughes Baker Wade McGuire Cunningham
- m.Jeff Baker
- m.Neil Wade
- m.Roy McGuire
- m.Anton Cunningham
- c.Amy Cunningham {Adopted by Penny Hughes}
- c.Bob Hughes
- m.Lisa Miller Hughes
- c.Thomas Christopher Hughes
- m.Carol Deming Hughes
- c.Thomas Christopher Hughes
- m.Jennifer Sullivan Hughes
- c.Francis "Frannie" Hughes
- m.Lisa Miller Hughes
- c.Susan Hughes (RIP}
- c.Donald Hughes
- m.Nancy Hughes
- c.Edith Hughes Frey
The Lowell Family
James T. Lowell
- m.Alice Lowell (RIP)
- c.Jim Lowell (RIP)
- m.Claire Lowell Cassen
- m.Doug Cassen (RIP)
- a.Edith Hughes
- c.Ellen Lowell Cole
- m.Tim Cole
- c.James "Jimmy" Cole
- m.David Stewart
- c.Dawn Stewart
- m.Tim Cole
- c.Ellen Lowell Cole
- m.Claire Lowell Cassen
- c.Jim Lowell (RIP)
The Miller Family
Henry Miller
- m.Alma Miller
- c.Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge
- m.Bob Hughes
- a.Bruce Elliot
- m.John Eldridge
- a.Michael Shea
- c.Charles "Chuckie" Shea
- c.Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge
The Stewart Family
David Stewart
- m.Betty Stewart
- c.Paul Stewart (RIP)
- m.Elizabeth Talbot Stewart (RIP)
- c.Dan Stewart (adopted) {Birth Name: James "Jimmy" Cole}
- m.Elizabeth Talbot Stewart Stewart (RIP)
- m.Susan Burke Stewart
- c.Emily Stewart
- c.Paul Stewart (RIP)
- m.Ellen Lowell Cole Stewart
- c.Carol Ann Stewart
- c.Dawn Stewart
The Wilson/McGuire Family
Carl Wilson
- m.Martha Wilson
- c.Sandy Wilson McGuire
- m.Roy McGuire
- m.Penny Hughes Baker Wade McGuire
- m.Peter Kane
- c. Jimmy McGuire
- m.Roy McGuire
- c.Sandy Wilson McGuire
The Rogers Family
Ted Rogers
- m.Joan Rogers (RIP)
The Martin Family
Otto Martin
- c.Dick Martin
The Burke Family
Fred Burke
- c.Susan Burke Stewart Baxter
- m.Dan Stewart
- c.Emily Stewart
- m.Bruce Baxter
- m.Dan Stewart
The Talbot Family
Elizabeth Talbot Stewart Stewart (RIP)
- m.Paul Stewart
- c.Betsy Stewart
- m.Dan Stewart
Ronnie Talbot
The Sullivan/Ryan Family
Jennifer Sullivan Hughes
- a.Chuck Ryan (RIP)
- c.Barbara Ryan
- c.Rick Ryan
- m.Bob Hughes
- c.Francis "Frannie" Hughes
Kim Sullivan
The Matthews Family
Dr. Wally Matthews
- c.Peter Matthews Barton {Adopted by Grace Barton}
- m.Marion
The Stallings Family
Gil Stallings
- c.Jay Stallings (step-son)
- m.Carol Deming
Other People
- John Dixon
- Meredith Harcourt, Simon's ward and later lover
- Simon Gilby, Meredith's ward and later lover
- Peggy Reagan, nurse who went for Dan Stewart
- Eric Lonsberry
- Marie Marino, died form gall-bladder surgery
- Tony Marino
- Joe Fernande, shot Dan Stewart for the death of Marie Marino
- Mr./Mrs. Parson
- Richard Taylor
- Dr. Bill Jenkins
- Bobby Short
- Natalie Bannon
- Marsha Davison
- George Davison
- Mark Galloway
