Five Things That Happened On March 20 In Soap History

In 1985 on Days of Our Lives, lovebirds Bo Brady and Hope Williams (Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso) made plans to elope. Their efforts to slip out of town derailed, however, when they were surprised with an engagement party thrown by their family and friends! Bo and Hope privately agreed that it was too risky to try to leave the bash undetected, so they decided that instead, they would elope the following week.

In 1987, Capitol aired its final episode on CBS. The series, which was set in Washington, D.C., had premiered on March 29, 1982. Its main families were the politically connected Dennings, Cleggs and McCandlesses. In the final moments of the show, heroine Sloane faced a firing squad in the fictional country of Baracq. Sloane bravely proclaimed, “Long live free Baracq, long live Ali [a prince and her presumed-dead love]!” The command to aim was the last line heard on the show, followed by a close-up of Sloane’s angst-filled eyes.

In 2013, Adam (Michael Muhney, foreground) interrupted Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victor's (Eric Braeden) wedding reception to propose a toast to his father. Billy interrupted Adam's angry rant, and Victor asked to speak to his son alone. Their conversation did little to bridge the gap between them. The reception continued until Bob suddenly materialized with a gun. He aimed it at Victor, and Adam bolted across the room and stood in front of his father as Bob fired his weapon!

In 2013, Kristen Alderson (pictured), Michael Easton and Roger Howarth (pictured) last aired on General Hospital as their One Life to Live alters (Starr, John and Todd, respectively). The trio's exit was made necessary by a lawsuit between ABC and Prospect Park, the production company that held the creative rights to OLTL's characters. All three actors eventually returned to GH in new roles, with Alderson playing Kiki, Easton playing Silas (then Finn), and Howarth playing Franco (then Austin).

In 2015, Rebecca Budig debuted on General Hospital as Hayden Barnes. This marked the actress's third daytime role (she had previously played Michelle Bauer on Guiding Light and Greenlee Smythe on All My Children). Hayden was eventually revealed to be Elizabeth Webber's half sister and had romances with Nikolas Cassadine and Hamilton Finn (the latter relationship produced a daughter, Violet). Hayden initially came to town on Ric Lansing's payroll to pose as amnesiac "Jake Doe's" wife, as Ric hoped to drive a wedge between Liz and "Jake" (who was later revealed to be Jason, then revealed to actually be Jason's twin, Drew). Budig noted to Soap Opera Digest of her character's interference in Liz's romance, "The fans are going to hate me because I’m invading her life!”