Five Things That Happened On November 9 In Soap History

In 1981, Ray Liotta exited Another World as Joey Perrini after a run that kicked off in 1978. In 2017, the late actor told Soap Opera Digest, "The people I worked with there were great. I had come from theater in college and I initially didn’t want to do it. When you come out of school, right away you want to go into a [Martin] Scorsese movie, but I loved it. They were great actors. Kathleen Widdoes [ex-Emma, As The World Turns], who played Rose [on AW from 1978-80], was so great! I learned so much about cameras and feeling natural in front of the camera from that experience. I loved doing a soap. I know some actors who did it don’t like to admit it, but I absolutely loved it.”

In 1987, DAYS’s “Roman Brady” (Drake Hogestyn), who was later revealed to be John, and Diana Colville (Genie Francis) consummated their relationship in Greece, where they had flown to attend the wedding of Justin Kiriakis and Adrienne Johnson. When Hogestyn passed away in September 2024, Francis wrote on X (previously Twitter) of her former leading man, "So sad to hear of Drake Hogestyn’s passing. Such a wonderful and kind man. It was a pleasure to work with him."

In 2004, in the wake of the death of Sam's (Kelly Monaco) daughter by Sonny on General Hospital, Sam was unconscious in her hospital bed as an anxious Jason (Steve Burton) sat beside her. "You can't die, Sam," he said. "You have to live because she'd" — the baby — "want that." She suddenly took a turn for the worse, and while doctors managed to stabilize her, Alexis pleaded with Sonny to authorize the procedure that would harvest stem cells from the baby's umbilical cord — something Kristina desperately needed to survive her own health crisis. Sonny gave doctors the okay, much to Alexis's relief.

In 2007, EJ DiMera (James Scott) and Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) wed on Days of Our Lives. It was not exactly a romantic occasion; Sami was forced to marry EJ in order to safeguard her loved ones and end the feud between the Bradys and the DiMeras. At the altar, when she hedged at saying her vows, EJ implored her, "Just say, 'I do.' When this is over, the vendetta will be over. Your family will be safe." Sami complied, but while they were bickering about whether the groom was going to kiss the bride, a shot rang out and EJ was hit! The shooter turned out to be Lucas.

In 2015, Days of Our Lives's Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) killed Aiden Jennings (Daniel Cosgrove, lying down) — later revealed to be an Aiden look-alike— to protect Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso). Hope had married "Aiden" earlier that same night, unaware that he intended to end her life.