Five Things That Happened On November 16 In Soap History

In 1987, Justin Kiriakis (Wally Kurth) and Adrienne Johnson (Judi Evans) wed in Greece on Days of Our Lives in a traditional bilingual Greek Orthodox ceremony. Ten yards of French lace, 15 yards of silk satin and 10 yards of silk tulle were used to construct the bride's two-piece ensemble, created by Lee Smith. The top consisted of a silk-satin bodice with Edwardian sleeves overlaid with French lace, which was hand embroidered with sequins, crystal lochrosen and seed pearls. The skirt was silk satin. Kimberly, Diana and Melissa were clad in aqua as the bride’s attendants, while Victor and Steve stood up for the groom in black tie. Neil and Liz’s daughter, Noelle, served as flower girl. While the exteriors were shot on location in Greece, the interiors were shot at Saint Sophia Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles, and the parish’s actual priest officiated over the vows.

In 1990, Young and Restless’s Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian) and Cricket (Lauralee Bell) said, “I do” in Hawaii surrounded by the groom's sister, Gina, as well as (from l.) Nina Webster (Tricia Cast), David Kimble (Michael Corbett), father of the groom Rex Sterling (Qunin Redeker), the bride's half brother, Scott Grainger (Peter Barton) and Leanna Love (Barbara Crampton). They swapped vows outdoors on the grounds of the Kaewalai Church in Maui (the show even constructed a gazebo for the occasion and decorated it with yards of pink and lavender ribbon trimmed in gold with masses of lavender orchids). The bride wore a faux raw silk gown with a re-embroidered lace bodice studded with beads and glitter and a shawl collar, and a beaded floral headpiece. As she was escorted down the aisle by Scott, Cricket carried a bouquet of white roses and ivy. Gina serenaded the couple with “Starting Here, Starting Now,” and once the ceremony was complete, the duo changed into more casual white attire and headed down to the beach for a luau reception, replete with traditional hula dancers, where they shared their first dance as a married couple to the “Hawaiian Wedding Song.”

In 1995, Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) gave birth to Will Horton on Days of Our Lives. At the time of his birth, he was dubbed William Reed, because Sami had convinced Austin Reed that he was the father; in actuality, the baby was sired by Lucas Horton. Sami had been alone in Roman and Marlena's abandoned house without electricity, lamenting that Austin didn't love her, when she began experiencing contractions and her water broke. Austin, Carrie and Jonah tracked her down there. They managed to get her to the hospital, where Dr. Bader delivered the baby.

In 2001, Asa’s ex-wives gathered at his funeral (unaware that he had faked his death) on One Life To Live. Returning for the episode were OLTL alumnae Tonja Walker (Alex), Shelly Burch (Delilah), Christine Jones (Pamela) and Becky Lee (Mary Gordon Murray). In a tongue-in-cheek moment, Blair, played by Kassie DePaiva, had a flashback to her past marriage to Asa when she was being played by a different actress, Mia Korf. Renee, who arguably had the most loving marriage to the man, paid tender tribute to Asa; Bo, Nora, Ben and Jessica were among the others to offer a eulogy. Natalie then interrupted the service to announce that she was Asa's real granddaughter.

In 2006, on the 25th anniversary of their first nuptials, General Hospital's Luke (Anthony Geary) and Laura (Genie Francis) got married again after she awoke from her catatonic state. (The groom's marriage to Tracy Quartermaine, which had taken place the previous year, was the reason it was not a legally valid wedding, but Laura was unaware of that fact.) Mid-ceremony, Tracy had attempted to object, but Monica had tripped her to prevent her from creating a scene. The rest of the ceremony went off without a hitch (minus Laura's vision of Helena), but Laura and Liz were none too pleased when Maxie pushed her way to the front of the throng of single female guests to snag the bouquet.