General Hospital Casts Hillary B. Smith – as OLTL’s Nora Buchanan

General Hospital boss Frank Valentini dropped a fun bombshell on Tuesday night, revealing in a video posted to twitter that two-time Daytime Emmy winner Hillary B. Smith will be appearing on ABC’s sole surviving sudser – and as her One Life to Live character, legal eagle Nora Buchanan. The video is capped by a fun little wink from Rebecca Budig, who currently plays GH ‘s Hayden but who “back in the day” used to work down the street from Smith, when she was All My Children ‘s Greenlee.

Today in History: Jan. 5, 2017

On Jan. 5, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine. In 1905, the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals was incorporated in New York State.

Today in History for Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017

In 1905, the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals was incorporated in New York State. In 1925, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late husband, William, following a special election.