Five Things That Happened On December 6 In Soap History

In 1974, Phil Brewer (Martin West) was murdered on General Hospital. One of the nurses at the hospital, Jane Dawson, had walked in on Phil's long-suffering former wife, Jessie Brewer, cradling the body, and Jessie quickly became the chief suspect in his murder. Fearing that her husband, Peter Taylor, was guilty, Diana Taylor confessed to the crime to protect him, thus exonerating Jessie. Then Dr. Jim Hobart remembered that he had seen nurse Augusta McLeod (Judith McConnell) with the deceased on the night he was dead. He confronted Augusta, who broke down and admitted that she was the killer. Augusta was sent to prison.

In 1985, supercouple Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner) and Felicia Cummings (Kristina Wagner) officially got engaged. The couple was snuggling on a sofa and Frisco mentioned how much Felicia had liked a particular engagement ring they had scouted. She noted that she agreed with him about being practical about splurging on a fancy ring. Frisco then faked Felicia out, telling her that the money he had recently come into was gone. "Where did it go?" she asked. He then pulled out a ring box and revealed the very ring he had been talking about. After asking Felicia if she was sure she still wanted to marry him, she bubbled that she would marry him with or without the ring. After sharing a kiss with his beloved, Frisco got down on one knee and popped the question formally. She, of course, immediately accepted, and he slipped the ring on her finger.

In 2004, Bold and Beautiful's Ridge Forrester (Ronn Moss) was stung when Brooke Logan Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang) voted against him, and in favor of Eric remaining as CEO of Forrester. At first, she was advocating for Ridge, noting, "Ridge would be the best person for the job. He would look out for Forrester's future." Eric and Stephanie pooh-poohed this, and after mulling the matter over, Brooke decided that Eric shouldn't be forced to step down. "I'm sorry, Ridge," she said. "Eric shouldn't have to leave."

In 2006, Devon (Bryton James) received cochlear implants to restore his hearing on Young and Restless. Devon had lost the ability to hear due to a frightening bout of meningitis. Bryton James told Soap Opera Digest in 2021 that he considers Devon's deafness to be his character's signature storyline, noting, "fans have remembered that more than anything else I’ve done. I remember taking a sign language class at my college even though Devon wouldn’t be using it. Everyone could hear him speak, but I wanted to learn with everyone else in the storyline, just to be a team player."

In 2017, Will Horton (Chandler Massey, r.) and his ex-lover Paul Narita (Christopher Sean) shared a kiss. Will was amnesiac and had recently returned from the dead, just as his one-time husband, Sonny Kiriakis, was poised to marry Paul. Will was informed that he had cheated on Sonny with Paul, so he showed up at Paul's door, catching a shirtless Paul off-guard. Will peppered Paul with questions about their past hook-up, telling him that for "my mental health," he needed to know such things as whether the sex between them had been good. Will then pulled Paul into a steamy kiss — just as Sonny showed up on the doorstep!