Marching Onward

 SalemDay 9 began on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

• JJ hires Justin to represent Haley.
• Diana frames Kristen as the culprit as Marlena descends into a coma.
• Sarah kisses Eric.
• Leo grows more suspicious of his mother.
• In the Eternal Waiting Room, Marlena meets Tony DiMera.
• Princess Gina arrives to complicate Marlena's wait.
• Marlena is nearly duped by Andre's portrayal of Tony, who arrives in time to stop her from choosing the wrong After Life Option.
• Ciara is furious that Ben is working for the DiMeras.
• Will collapses.
• Stefan DiMera morphs into a different person.
• Ben's first assignment is to protect Chloe, Parker, and Holly.
• Fearing a rerun on "stealing his brother's love interest," Eric insists that he and Sarah remain simply "friends", while she declares her love for him.
• The Mexican Cartel sends an ambush into the DiMera Living Room.
• The Judges delays Haley's deportation for 30 days.
• JJ proposes to Haley, but Tripp declares it would be more convincing if he were the groom.
• John attacks Diana after uncovering her many deceptions.
• Marlena awakens and gives $$$ to Leo.
• Hope declines Ted Laurent's advances.
• Diana admits that the DNA was forged and that Leo is not Black.
• Stefan is impressed by Chloe's talents.
• Ted mentions that he had a wife.

SalemDay 10 began on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

• Leo and Jackson finalize an annulment of their marriage.
• Dr Rex Brady begins on staff at Salem University Hospital.
• Will has a headache.
• Jennifer warns Ted about Jack and Eve.
• Abe is furious with Hope and her Ben Obsession.
• Sarah agrees to marry Dr Rex.
• Jack refuses to be intimate with Eve.
• Jordan tries to escape from Bayview.
• When JJ spies a familiar lighter, he begins to suspect Claire started the cabin fire.
• Jordan shocks Rafe by announcing that she has a Baby Boy.

SalemDay 11 began on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

• Maggie is not pleased that Sarah intends to marry Dr Rex.
• Will is hospitalized for further tests as his headaches persist.
• Kate asks Victor for a job at Titan.
• Ted resigns, but is convinced to stay on.
• JJ questions an evasive Claire.
• Rafe returns to Salem with Baby David.
• When the reveal of Haley's fake intended marriage to Tripp fails due to computer error, Eve turns the event into an engagement announcement.
• Tripp and Haley make plans to marry, requiring Eve to calm a near-hysterical Claire.

SalemDay 12 began on Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

• JJ remains furious with his father.
• Will has a tumor.
• It's Wedding Day in Salem for Haley and Tripp.
• Eve learns that Claire set the cabin fire which nearly killed Ciara.
• Firefighter Jennifer kidnaps Jack and forces him to listen to highlights of their life.
• Rafe moves back to his Family House.
• Undeterred by his ex-wife, Jack decides to marry Eve.
• Adrienne makes one last, failed attempt to stop the wedding.

SalemDay 13 began on Monday, April 15, 2019.

• A hospitalized Will has a serious seizure.
• At Brady's urging, Gabriella makes another play for Stefan.
• Eric offers to dust off his equipment and be Official Photographer for Sarah and Rex.
• A disappointed Dr Rex wants Eric as Best Man.
• Will awaits the result of a biopsy.
• The cartel makes another attempt on Chloe's life.
• Eli kills one assailant, while the other grazes Stefan.
• Victor hires Kate.
• Ben rescues Ciara from the Cartel.
• Gabriella beds Stefan O DiMera.
• Lani tends to Jordan's baby David.

SalemDay 14 began on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.

• Brady decides he wants Chloe.
• Will's tumor is benign.
• Eric and Sarah confess their love.
• KNicole arrives in Salem, reclaiming Eric as her Soul Mate.
• Holly is taken.

SalemDay 15 began on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

• The court rules that Haley can remain in the USA.
• Mayoral candidates debate on Election Eve in Horton Town Square.
• Tripp and Haley force Claire to move out.
• Jennifer leaves to visit Abigail in Paris.
• Valerie Grant returns from DC, just in time to see Candidate Jack display a paparazzi photo of Mayor Abe seeming cozy with his assistant.
• Xander has Holly.
• Sheila quits and leaves Salem.
• Gabriella seduces Stefan again.
• Will begins radiation treatments.
• KNicole makes the rounds in Salem, re-connecting with her family and friends.
• Brady returns from an unknown trip to Titan Europe.
• Rafe follows Ted Laurent to Xander and Hollly.
• Claire moves into the Kiriakis Mansion.
• When Rafe makes a rescue attempt at the motel, Holly is taken away in a car, which careens out of control, crashed over an embankment, and explodes in flames, killing the toddler girl.
• John and Marlena celebrate their six-month anniversary.
• Distraught over the death of Daniel's daughter, Maggie is tempted to drink.
• Rafe is suspended from the police department and suggests to Hope that they divorce.
• KNicole furiously blames Eric for not protecting Holly.
• To keep her mind off Eric and Nicole's reunion, Sarah aggressively pushes Rex into marriage.

SalemDay 16 begins on Thursday, May 9, 2019.

• Election Day in Salem leads to an upset.
• Claire gives Eve the recording of Haley, Tripp, and JJ.
• Melinda berates Tripp and Claire.
• Maggie orders a vodka at the pub, but does not drink it.
• Jennifer returns from visiting her grandchildren in France.
• Melinda erases the video, ensuring that Jack and Eve cannot further disrupt Haley's life.
• Xander reclaims his wife KNicole.
• Hope decides to file for divorce.
• Kayla connects Will's tumor to Rolf's Serum.
• Despite being unable to use the Haley Recording, Jack wins election as Salem Mayor.
• Abe concedes.
• Melinda explains that she protected her sister-daughter.
• Rafe signs the divorce papers.
• Tripp realizes that Claire's fondness for fire is what nearly killed Ciara.
• KNicole and Xander bond.
• When Will lashes out at his grandmother, he decides to check into the hospital.
• Maggie nearly drinks again.
• John vows to find Dr Rolf's diary.

SalemDay 17 began on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

• Ciara and Ben wake up together.
• Rafe declines Jack's offer as Salem Police Commissioner.
• Claire is furious with Eve about the botched recording.
• The Holly Jonas Funeral is held.
• Julie and Doug celebrate 25 years of wedded bliss.
• KNicole blames Eric for the Holly Death, then fails to seduce Brady.
• Gabriella seduces Stefan again.
• Eric kisses Sarah.
• Despondent after the funeral, Maggie says goodbye to three decades of sobriety.
• When she returns from Holly's funeral, Chloe is startled to find Stefan and Gabriella.
• Brady discovers a drunken Maggie and protects her from Victor.
• KNicole removes her face.
• Will forgets who Tom and Alice Horton were and passes out.
• Ted is fired by Mayor Jack.
• Maggie goes to visit KNicole and is shicked when Kristen opens the door.
• Rory gets fake passports for Haley and JJ.
• Xander and Maggie bond.
• Eric decides that he cannot be with a devastated Nicole.

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SalemDay 32 began on Thursday, October 25, 2018.

• Belle files a countersuit for custody of Baby Bonnie.
• Bonnie and Hattie re-connect in "Marlena's" hospital room.
• Rex tells Kate all about his fiancee.
• While everyone searches for Abigail, Chad and Jennifer make plans to commit her back into Bayview.
• Chloe realizes that Mimi is the actual mother of "Baby Bonnie".
• Sarah Horton arrives at the Kiriakis Mansion.
• Samanther oversees Elvis' recuperation in Salem.
• Her relationship with Brady ended, Eve decides to leave Salem and head to NYC.
• Stefan introduces Salem to his new wife, Abigail Deveraux DiMera.
• Hattie has a wild Halloween Dream, leading her to give up her impersonation or Marlena and grant an annulment to John.

SalemDay 33 began on Thursday, November 1, 2018.

• Lingering houseguest Susan Banks meets Rex Brady and Sarah Horton.
• Realizing that her scam is nearly kaput, Bonnie begins drinking heavily while Mimi pines to spend time with her daughter.
• Samanther gets DNA proof that the burn victim is Elvis DiMera.
• Chloe gets DNA proof that Lucas is merely related to the father and not the actual bio-dad of Baby Bonnie.
• Julie hosts a Wedding Engagement party for Rex and Sarah at Doug's Place.
• Susan and Victor spend an awkward evening at home, during which she learns that her son is recovering at the hospital.
• Chloe presents Lucas with DNA proof, leading Rex to admit paternity of the Mimi's baby.
• Hattie returns to Statesville.
• John thrills Marlena with an official annulment of his forced marriage.
• Chad hires Ben to kidnap Gabriella.
• Mayor Abraham Carver officiates the latest wedding of John Black and Marlena Evans.

SalemDay 34 began on Friday, November 9, 2018.

• Chad kidnaps Abigail and hides her on Smith Island.
• Rafe and Hope question Tripp about the cabin fire, but is cleared as a suspect when Claire bribes Wyatt to admit responsibility.
• Ben declares his love for Ciara.
• Abigail gives birth to a daughter in the rustic cabin, then is sent to Bayview.
• Will brings Paul home from the hospital to the new apartment, then realizes he cannot live the lie.
• Sarah rejects Rex's effort at reconciliation.
• Paul is devastated when Will admits that all his memories have returned and that he chooses to be with Jackson.
• Chad gives Stefan the baby in return for officially committing Abigail to Bayview.
• Adrienne decides to help her son find a boyfriend, leading Jackson to decide a quick vacation is needed.
• Sarah gets drunk when Rex decides to find Mimi in Pennsylvania.

SalemDay 35 began on Friday, November 16, 2018.

• Gabriella gloats that she will have Chad, the children, and the company since Abigail will never recover.
• Abigail gets hysterical when Gabriella admits everything.
• Jennifer tends to her prematurely born granddaughter, while Stefan remains vigilant.
• Wyatt tells Ben that Claire paid him to deflect attention from culprit Tripp.
• Sheila starts work as Executive Assistant to Mayor Carver.
• Tripp admits that he planted the evidence.
• Stefan is arrested for espionage.
• Paul decides to leave Salem for a rehab facility on the west coast.
• Val is offered a Chief of Staff position at her old hospital in DC.

SalemDay 36 began on Wednesday, November 21, 2018.

• Thanksgiving Day At Doug's Place.
• Turkey is enjoyed at the Kiriakis Mansion.
• Jackson returns from his quick two-day vacation.
• Julie warns Rafe not to hurt her sister/daughter.
• Will declares his intention to be with Jackson.
• Stefan proclaims his innocence, but is unable to gain temporary release from jail.
• Leo Starke arrives, throwing Will's romantic reunion with Jackson into turmoil.

SalemDay 37 began on Thursday, November 29, 2018.

• Hope hides Ted Laurent on Smith Island.
• Stefan gets released when a technical consultant admits that he used Steve's eye implant to obtain ISA secrets.
• Tripp decides to stay in the loft and pursue a relationship with Claire.
• Gabriella cozies up to Chad while Abigail is in Bayview.
• Ciara begins a job at the Brady Pub.

SalemDay 38 began on Thursday, December 6, 2018.

• Lucas returns from visiting Allie in Italy, but declares his intention to move there full-time to support his daughter.
• Marlena advises Eric to make peace with half-brother Rex and stepbrother Brady.
• Lani decides to date Eli.
• Chloe reluctantly sends Lucas on his way.
• Abigail fakes her Gabby Persona in order to leave Bayview.
• Julie warns Ciara about Ben.
• Rafe finds Hope and Ted.
• Abigail confides to Julie that she is faking the Gabby Persona.
• Leo pressures Jackson to get married.
• Sarah advocates that Eric be granted custody of Holly Jonas.
• Julie recalls her grandparents and her arrival in Salem 50 years earlier.
• Justin delivers a letter from Nicole's Estate which advises that Holly be awarded to birth surrogate Chloe.
• Adrienne is furious that Leo is forcing her son into marriage.
• Steve is released from jail, cleared of all espionage charges, and heads to a new ISA project.
• Sheila officiates the wedding of Leo Starke and Jackson Kiriakis.
• Victor interrupts the wedding, but is forced to allow it once the family clues him on on the blackmail that Leo Starke has implemented.
• Julie agrees to help Abigail find proof of Gabriella's deceits.
• Maggie decides that Holly should be raised with her brother Parker and decides that Chloe be given custody.
• Julie sneaks into the Kiriakis Mansion, locates an envelope in Gabriella's room, realizes that it is the official proof that Chad is Baby Charlotte's father, then struggles with Gabriella at the edge of the staircase.
• Kayla offers Sarah a job at University Hospital.
• Julie loses her balance and tumbles down the stairs, as Gabriella clings to the test results from above.

SalemDay 39 began on Wednesday, December 19. 2018.

• Victor fires Chad after a key investment turns out to be a lame attempt to ace out Stefan and DiMera Enterprises. 
• Sarah advocates for Eric to raise Holly.
• Since Will no longer needs a two-bedroom apartment, Uncle Eric sublets the space and moves out of the pub.
• Sarah decides to stay in Salem and work at University Hospital.
• Maggie formally decides that Holly belongs with Chloe.
• It's suddenly Christmas Eve.
• Marlena taunts Stefan.
• JJ recalls that Gabriella saved him from his suicidal thoughts on the last XMAS Eve.
• Nurse Haley Chen overdoses on pills.
• Doug sits vigil beside his wife's hospital bed.
• Abigail pays for a quickie overnight divorce from Stefan.
• Julie awakens and is released in time to join in the Annual Horton Ornament ceremony.

SalemDay 40 began on Tuesday, December 25, 2018.

• Christmas Day in Salem.
• Leo tells the children that Santa Claus is pretend.
• Julie suddenly remembers everything about her struggle with Gabriella.
• Kayla confirms DNA results on Charlotte's parentage.
• Will moonlights as Santa to steal away time with Jackson.
• Steve calls Kayla.
• Stefan and Ben bond.

SalemDay 41 began on Thursday, December 27, 2018.

• Hope tries to calm a frantic Ted Laurent.
• It's suddenly New Years Eve.
• Gabriella turns herself in to the authorities.
• Dr Shah escorts Jennifer to the NYE bash at Doug's Place.
• Eve arrives and taunts all the guests.
• Jack Deveraux arrives, having been resuscitated by Dr Rolf, rehabbed in the now-imploded Nashville facilty, and delivered to Eve Donovan by Xander Cook.

Another SalemYear ends.

2018 had 41 SalemDaze.

2017 had 43 SalemDaze.

2016 had 40 SalemDaze.

2015 had 41 SalemDaze.

2014 had 40 SalemDaze.

2013 had 38 SalemDaze.

2012 had 46 SalemDaze.

2011 had 48 SalemDaze.

SalemDay 1 began on Wednesday, January 2, 2019.

• Abigail sees Jack.
• Leo complains about his mother, giving Jackson an idea.
• Eve meets with Xander, then fails to seduce Jack.
• Stefan arrested for treason.
• Abigail decides to forgive Gabriella.
• Xander lobbies to be named CEO of Titan.
• Kate convinces Chad to return to DiMera.
• Chad arranges a DiMera Reunion Dinner.
• Sarah throws herself at Eric.
• Melinda fails to get Abigail to press charges against Gabriella.
• Rex returns to Salem.
• Melinda is furious that her sister is jeopardizing her campaign and asks her to move.
• Haley moves in with JJ.
• Ciara heads to South Africa to visit Theo Carver.

SalemDay 2 began on Tuesday, January 15, 2019.

• Leo makes a play for Xander.
• Marlena counsels Haley.
• Abe threatens to fire Melinda.
• Eli arrests Xander for shooting Marlena in Horton Town Square on her wedding day.
• Chad threatens to liquidate GabiChic.
• When a DiMera engineer admits to tampering with Steve's bionic vision, espionage charges against Stefan are dropped and he is released from custody.
• Released on bail, Xander impersonates John Black and tricks Sheila into providing access to the police computer files, allowing him to delete the Horton Town Square video.
• Rafe is contacted by Samanther about Johnny, leading him to head to Italy.
• Rex admits to Sarah that he slept with Noelle Curtis, Sarah's half-sister.
• With the evidence destroyed, Xander is released from custody.
• Devastated by details of Rex's second betrayal, Sarah throws herself at Eric.

SalemDay 4 began on Monday, January 21, 2019.

• Abigail moves back into the DiMera Mansion.
• Overnight, Brady grows a goatee.
• Sarah wakes up with Xander.
• Victor re-hires Brady to run Titan.
• Jack semi-proposed to an eager Eve.
• Leo realizes that Jackson drugged him in order to rendezvous with Will.
• Eric is furious after learning that Sarah spent the night with Xander.
• Eve has Dr. Rolf's journal.
• District Attorney Melinda Trask quits.
• Claire seduces Tripp.
• The DiMera Board of Directors names Chad and Stefan as co-CEO.
• Jack starts learning more about his family.
• Eve tells Jack about Laura.

SalemDay 5 began on Friday, January 25, 2019.

• Melinda announces her candidacy for Salem Mayor.
• Brady cancels Chloe's debt on her loan for co-ownership of Doug's Place.
• Haley tells JJ that she is undocumented.
• Diana Colville Cooper arrives in Salem.
• Sarah decides to give Rex another chance.
• Liz Curtis calls Maggie about Rex and Noelle and Sarah.
• Ted Laurent lobbies to be named District Attorney.
• Ben seeks help from Marlena.
• Adrienne clips coupons.
• Stefan makes a play for Chloe.
• Ciara taken hostage by Jordan Ridgeway.
• Leo kisses Brady.
• Will visits Diana Cooper and learns she and her son remain at odds.
• Jordan takes Charlotte DiMera.
• Brady moves back into the Kiriakis Mansion.
• Sarah sexes up Rex.
• John is startled to see Diana Colville Cooper.
• When the cartel makes another attempt on Chloe's life, she moves into the DiMera Mansion.

SalemDay 6 began on Friday, February 8, 2019.

• Being held hostage with Charlotte DiMera in an abandoned cabin, Ciara tries to trick Jordan into escaping.
• With no evidence that he is involved in Ciara's disappearance, Ben is released from custody.
• Ted Laurent named as interim DA.
• Rafe returns from Italy.
• Gabriella intervenes with Leo, giving Jackson and Will additional private time.
• Diana tells a stunned John Black that he is Leo Stark's biological father.
• After Jordan plants evidence in his motel room, Ben is arrested for Ciara's kidnapping.
• It's suddenly Valentine's Day.
• Will and Jackson have a romantic holiday.
• Ben escapes from custody and tracks Jordan to the cabin, where he rescues Ciara.
• Jordan returns Charlotte to her parents.
• Rafe arrests Jordan when she is taken to the hospital.

SalemDay 7 began on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

• Chad and Abigail remarry, then move to Paris.
• Angered that Will and Jackson are not cooperative, Leo turns over evidence of his "murder" to the Salem PD.
• Diana meets Marlena and almost tells her about Leo's father.
• Melinda campaigns at Doug's Place.
• Eve and Chloe re-connect.
• As the sole CEO, Stefan fires Gabriella.
• Eve figures out that Haley and Melinda are related.
• Ciara recuperates at the hospital.
• Claire becomes increasingly jealous of Haley.
• Jordan is sent to Bayview.
• It's Debate Night in Salem.
• Hope apologizes to Ben for her suspicions.
• Claire recalls setting the cabin fire that nearly killed her Aunt Ciara.
• Sheila offers to resign when Jack and Eve cite that Xander tricked her.
• Abe refuses to accept Sheila's resignation.
• Haley and JJ argue.

SalemDay 8 began on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.

• Jackson and Will make bail and are released.
• Rex re-proposes, but Sarah declines again.
• Melinda deflects all questions/details about Haley.
• Ben decides to break up with Ciara.
• Melinda ends her mayoral campaign.
• Tripp hides Haley, who is later arrested.
• Stefan re-hires Ben.
• Ted Laurent is named District Attorney.
• Diana drugs Marlena.
• His mother's deception and crazy revealed, Leo drops charges and tries to re-negotiate.
• Kayla hires Dr Rex Brady.
• Stefan charms Holly.
• Brady convinces Gabriella to help destroy Stefan.
• John is flummoxed when DNA proves that Leo Starke is Leo Black.