On this day in 1984, the character of Bert Bauer on Guiding Light told her family that it felt like her amputated leg was still there. In real life, star Charita Bauer (Bert), was forced to have her right leg amputated after suffering complications from a diabetes-related blood clot in 1983. When she returned to the show in 1984, her character's life mirrored her own.
In 1989 - Another World's Nicole Love confessed to fiance, Cass Winthrop (Stephen Schnetzer), that she killed Jason Frame. Cass and Nicole were set to be married, but when he discovered it was Nicole who had killed Jason...letting his best friend, Felicia Gallant (Linda Dano), serve time in jail for a crime she didn't commit...Cass immediately ended their relationship.
In 2003 - Abe and Lexie welcomed their only child, Theo, on Days of our Lives. At the time of his birth, Lexie had been having an affair with her stepson, Brandon Walker (Matt Cedeno), and his paternity was in question. Ultimately, DNA testing would confirm Abe as Theo's father.