Five Things That Happened On March 18 In Soap History

In 1987, Jane Elliot (top) made her Days of Our Lives debut as Angelica Deveraux, who would prove to be a spoiler in the storybook romance of Justin Kiriakis (Wally Kurth) and Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis (Judi Evans). Elliot had already risen to soap fame with her roles on General Hospital (Tracy Quartermaine), Guiding Light (Carrie Todd) and All My Children (Cynthia Preston) by the time she joined the Salem ranks. She subsequently returned to GH as Tracy — and Kurth, her DAYS lover, was cast as her on-screen son, Ned.

In 1988, Tina Lord's (Andrea Evans) wedding to Max Holden (James DePaiva) infamously went up in smoke when the bride uttered the wrong name — that of her ex-hubby and true love, Cord Roberts (John Loprieno) at the altar on One Life to Live. Max was floored when Tina said, "I, Tina, take thee, Cord." Tina scrambled to assure Max that it was a meaningless slip of the tongue, but Max knew better. "You said it, I heard it, we all heard it," Max fumed. "I can't go through with this marriage!" By year's end, she was remarried to Cord.

In 2013, Victor and Nikki Newman (Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott) remarried on Young and Restless. The event was held in part to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary, which properly fell on March 26. During the ceremony, the bride put on her reading glasses to recite a romantic poem, and the groom promised Nikki, "I shall love you with body, mind and soul ... yesterday ... today ... for all times." Nikki and Victor's previous weddings had taken place in 1984 and 2002.

In 2014, as Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher) was poised to celebrate his new engagement to Britt Westbourne, he received an angelic visit from the spirit of his late love, Emily Bowen-Quartermaine (Natalia Livingston). Daytime Emmy-winner Livingston reprised her role as Emily for this one-episode appearance.

In 2021 on General Hospital, Spencer Cassadine (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) received a visit from his girlfriend, Esme Prince (Avery Kristen Pohl), at Spring Ridge, where he was serving time, and pressed her to admit that she was responsible for releasing the sex tape of Josslyn Jacks and Cameron Webber. Esme, who was indeed guilty, denied it vehemently.