Five Things That Happened On November 17 In Soap History

In 1981, General Hospital's Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) and Laura Webber Baldwin tied the knot on General Hospital. The two-day ceremony was watched by 30 million people, a record for daytime. The wedding was held on the grounds of the mayor's mansion, and the wedding party arrived in antique convertibles. Best man Robert stood by Luke's side, and as guests like Lila, Edward, Steve, Audrey, Gail, Alan and Monica looked on with bright beaming smiles, groomsmen Bryan and Joe escorted Ruby and Lesley, respectively, down the long aisle. Then bridal attendants Amy (the bride’s sister), Bobbie (the groom’s sister), Tiffany and Claudia lined up, followed by Laura, who walked toward her groom on Rick's arm. The mayor conducted the ceremony, and as the guests cheered, Luke and Laura exchanged a tender kiss.

In 1998, Todd Manning (Roger Howarth) and Téa Delgado (Florencia Lozano) remarried on One Life To Live. The duo's first marriage, which took place in 1997, had been one of convenience — Todd had paid the bride $5,000,000 to marry him to boost his chances of winning custody of his daughter with Blair, Starr. Their second stab at matrimony featured such oddities as Todd arriving via coffin. Their happiness was short-lived disaster even by soap standards, as the bride found out shortly after the ceremony that Todd had been lying to her and faking his multiple personality disorder.

In 2003, Caroline Brady (Peggy McCay) fell victim to the Salem Stalker, the serial killer wreaking havoc on Days of Our Lives. Her son Bo was devastated to find his mother dead inside a church, having been fatally poisoned. As the storyline continued to unfold, Caroline turned up alive and well alongside the other apparent victims of the serial killer, who were being held on the island of Melaswen.

In 2009 on Days of Our Lives, the "Sydnapping" story came to a stirring conclusion. Nicole and Sami (Alison Sweeney) had gotten pregnant by EJ at the same time, and Sami kept her pregnancy a secret. Nicole lost her baby but faked the rest of her pregnancy, planning to pass off the baby pregnant Mia was set to birth as her own. After Sami and Mia gave birth, Nicole made Dr. Baker swap the babies, so Sami went home with Mia's baby (named Grace) and Nicole went home with Sami's (named Sydney). After Grace tragically died, Rafe became suspicious of Nicole and ran a DNA test on Sydney, confirming her true parentage. An outraged Sami confronted Nicole for her treachery, slapping her rival (a couple of times!) to get the truth out of her. When Nicole finally spilled all, Rafe arrived and put Sydney back in Sami's arms.

In 2014, Young and Restless's Victoria Newman Abbott (Amelia Heinle) welcomed daughter Katie. At the time she gave birth, Victoria didn't know whether the child's father was Ben "Stitch" Rayburn (Sean Carrigan, l.) or Billy Abbott (Burgess Jenkins), though ultimately, Katie proved to have been sired by Billy. Victoria gave birth under precarious circumstances; she had been kidnapped by Ben's homicidal mother, Maureen, who trapped her in a storage closet at Jabot. Ben and Billy came to her rescue, but by then, she was already in labor. Victoria ended up giving birth in the Jabot parking garage, with Ben and Billy both by her side.