General Hospital Introduced Haley Pullos As Molly And Other Events From July 2 In Soap History

In 1991, Jack (Matthew Ashford) and Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) said, “I do” on Days of Our Lives. Because Jack accidentally invited the whole town with news cameras rolling, the wedding took place at an outdoor stadium where Salem's Wild West Show took place. This presented a few complications, particularly when the groom was the victim of mistaken identity and got knocked out by a rodeo performer. Luckily, he came to in time for the ceremony. Jennifer's unique gown was created by Costume Designer Richard Bloore, constructed from cotton lace from Switzerland that was hand-beaded with crystal bugle beads and seed pearls. The off-pink flowers decorating the shoulders also featured sewn-on crystals.

In 2001, the ghost of AMC’s Jesse (Darnell Williams) offered guidance to newly deceased Gillian (Esta TerBlanche), who had died after being shot in the head by an assassin gunning for Anna Devane. Of course, Jesse's status as a resident of heaven was revoked in 2008, when Williams returned to the show full-time and Jesse's death was rewritten as a hoax.

In 2002, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) gave birth to Hope on Bold and Beautiful. Hope was the product of the illicit 2001 affair between Brooke and her son-in-law, Deacon, who was then married to Brooke's daughter, Bridget (then-Jennifer Finnigan, l.). Late in Brooke's pregnancy, Bridget confronted her mother about the affair at the Big Bear cabin, and the intense argument caused Brooke to go into labor. She wasn't due for another month, so Stephanie (Susan Flannery) questioned whether the baby was truly coming, but when Brooke’s contractions began coming more quickly, and they learned the nearest ambulance was an hour away, it became clear that the women would have to deliver the baby on their own.

In 2009, Haley Pullos (l.) made her General Hospital debut as Molly Lansing-Davis, the daughter of Alexis Davis and Ric Lansing and half sister of Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) and Kristina Davis-Corinthos, after the show opted to rapidly age the character, who was born on-screen in 2005. Pullos played the role until 2023. That same year, she reminisced to Soap Opera Digest, "I only auditioned for [GH] one single time. I read alone in a room with [Casting Director] Mark Teschner. A couple of months had gone by and we never heard anything and my parents were kind of getting ready to break the news to me that they wanted to move back to Northern California, which basically meant I would go back to being a regular kid, not having a career. And then my manager called to let us know that I was booked for GH! I was so confused, because there was no callback, I never did a screen test. I thought I would maybe be on the show for three episodes."

In 2014, DAYS’s EJ (then-James Scott) and Sami (Alison Sweeney) remarried in a ceremony performed by Abe Carver (James Reynolds) — and then the bride, who was secretly working in cahoots with Kate Roberts, promptly had him arrested for insider trading. Her motive? Payback for him cheating on her with Abigail Deveraux.