April 2: "As the World Turns"

On this date in History ..... 1956:

The soap opera “As The World Turns” makes its television debut.  It was the first CBS soap opera to expand to one hour (in 1975) and the 3^rd soap overall to expand to an hour (the 1^st was Another World followed by Days of Our Lives).  Helen Wagner, who played Nancy Hughes from the very first episode in 1956 until her death in 2010, holds the Guiness Book of World Record for “having the longest run in a single role on television.”