Five Things That Happened On December 28 In Soap History

In 1984, The Edge of Night aired its final episode; the series had premiered on April 2, 1956. In the last show, Mike and Nancy Karr hosted Miles and Beth’s wedding reception. Del signed the prenup that Geraldine proffered. Det. Chris Egan followed Alicia into a shop, M. Hatter Antiques, on Wonderland Lane, where Alicia was stabbed in the back by her brother, Louis Van Dine. Donald Hext (thought to have died in a sword fight with Sky) snatched Chris’s gun. She fled and returned with backup, only to discover that the shop and Wonderland Lane had vanished! In the final scenes, Sky proposed a toast at Gerladine's and everyone sang “The First Noel,” which was also being warbled at the Karrs’. Preacher and Liz were seen hitchhiking a ride out of town. Miles and Beth kissed passionately in bed. At Geraldine’s, Raven and Sky answered the doorbell and found a sword outside the door. Before the credits rolled, a message appeared: “Happy Holidays and a fond farewell from the cast and crew of The Edge of Night."

In 1995, drunk-driving AJ Quartermaine (Sean Kanan, l.) crashed his car, leaving his passenger, younger brother, Jason Quartermaine (Steve Burton), forever altered by brain damage. Reflecting on the impact this had on his career on the show and Jason's transformation from Jason Quartermaine to Jason Morgan, portrayer Steve Burton noted to Soap Opera Digest in 2013, "Definitely, the transformation was my lifeline for all those years." He teased of the new persona he adopted on the show, "Dude, it's not that hard to stand there and stare [laughs]. Seriously, it's not that hard to do."

In 2007, Jeffrey O'Neill Winslow (Bradley Cole) tampered with Edmund Winslow's (David Andrew Macdonald) IV, injecting him with an unknown substance, on Guiding Light. Jeffrey's actions were an effort to keep Edmund in a comatose state after Edmund began to stir. This episode marked the last appearance of the character of Edmund until 2009.

In 2009, Adam Newman (Michael Muhney) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) eloped in a snowy outdoor ceremony after taking the Newman jet to Lake Tahoe. The duo arrived by sleigh, and during the wedding, Adam slipped his late mother's ring onto Sharon's finger. Though he didn't think she had a ring for him because of how last-minute the wedding was, she surprised him by securing one. After they were pronounced husband and wife, they boarded the jet and headed back to Genoa City — but the plane hit major turbulence and crashed!

In 2017, Shawn and Belle Brady (Brandon Beemer and Martha Madison, r., pictured with Galen Gering and Kristian Alfonso as Rafe Hernandez and Hope Brady) headed out of Salem and returned to Hong Kong on Days of Our Lives. Before departing, they shared a warm parting with their daughter, Claire; Belle and Shawn then conferred with Chad about who might be sabotaging DiMera; and they also chatted with Hope and Rafe about their upcoming wedding.