Five Things That Happened On November 12 In Soap History

In 1987 on As The World Turns, Holden Snyder confronted Lily Walsh (Martha Byrne), who had just lost her virginity to Dusty Donovan (Brian Bloom) after finding out from her adoptive mother, Lucinda Walsh, that Holden had known that Iva Snyder was her biological mother and had concealed the information from her. Hurt and betrayed, Lily had sought solace with Dusty, who she had dated before Holden. "Dusty’s always wanted you and he finally got you, didn’t he,” accused Holden. “Yes,” she hissed, telling Holden, "We made love to each other because it was honest and it was right!" As Holden reeled and told Lily that she was a part of him, she wept, "You had months to tell me." Dusty came down the stairs and ordered Holden to leave. "You don’t love him and you never will!" proclaimed Holden to Lily as the confrontation continued.

In 1993, Jaime Lyn Bauer made her Days of Our Lives debut as Laura Horton. The character had previously been played by Floy Dean, Susan Flannery (who won a Daytime Emmy for the role), Susan Oliver and Rosemary Forsyth. Bauer was already a well-known star in the daytime world, having portrayed Lauralee "Lorie" Brooks on Young and Restless from 1973-82 and in subsequent visits.

In 2001 on Bold and Beautiful, Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery) learned that Eric Forrester could not be her adult son Ridge Forrester's biological father. The life-altering discovery was made when Ridge required surgery after a freak accident (he fell on Massimo’s sword, cutting an artery in his neck). Both Eric and Stephanie donated blood to save him, but an incompatibility in type caused Steph to realize that it was Massimo, who had been her lover in college, where she first met and got involved with Eric, who had sired her firstborn! When the truth came out the following year, it caused seismic shifts in the relationships between Ridge, Eric and Stephanie.

In 2018, Charlotte DiMera was born on Days of Our Lives. Like her big brother, Thomas, Charlotte was also born in a cabin, albeit the quaint Horton one on Smith Island. Abigail, who was suffering from multiple personalities at the time, gave birth to her baby daughter with help from Chad, then was carted off to Bayview Sanitarium against her will. Once healed, Abigail reunited with Chad and their children.

In 2013, Carly Corinthos-Jacks (Laura Wright) and Franco (Roger Howarth) became lovers on General Hospital. Carly had been trying to resist her growing feelings for the formerly homicidal artist, who had undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor and claimed to be a changed man. She had offered him comfort as he reeled from the shocking revelation that Heather Webber and Scott Baldwin were his birth parents and they'd nearly made love, but Carly pulled back, noting that believing in his redemption required a leap of faith that she wasn't prepared to take. However, her sons, Michael and Morgan, got into a heated scuffle on the pier, and when Michael fell in the water, Franco came to his aid. Impressed by his heroics, Carly later showed back up in his hotel suite and told him she wanted to take the leap of faith she had referenced earlier. He swept her into a kiss and things continued in the bedroom.