Events
Coronation Street history
- 1961 - Billy Walker leaves Weatherfield for a new job in London.
- 1967 - Hilda Ogden, suffering from depression, goes missing whilst supposedly visiting her cousins.
- 1971 - Ernest Bishop and Emily Nugent become engaged.
- 1972 - A Peeping Tom starts to spy on the women of the Street.
- 1982 - Mavis Riley realises her budgie Harry is female when she lays an egg. She renames her pet "Harriet".
- 1991 - Percy Sugden collapses after an asthma attack and is rushed to hospital.
- 1995 - Bill Webster, wanting to make a good impression on daughter-in-law Sally, cooks a meal but ends up setting fire to the kitchen in No. 13.
- 1996 - The police are called when Nick Tilsley goes missing.
- 1999 - Natalie Barnes asks drayman Vinny Sorrell to help her with the Rovers' cellar (First appearance of the character).
- 2002 - Norris Cole is a medal bearer at the Commonwealth Games but everyone misses the ceremony on television.
- 2004 - Cilla Brown sets up Les Battersby into a tryst leaving Janice to dump him once and for all.
- 2012 - Ryan Connor is given a police caution for taking cocaine.
- 2017 - Dev Alahan finishes with Erica Holroyd when he hears about her dalliance with Kevin Webster.
Real world
- 1943 - Sandra Gough (Irma Barlow) born.
Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 2nd August on the following years:
- 1960s - 1961, 1965, 1967
- 1970s - 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978
- 1980s - 1982, 1989
- 1990s - 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
- 2000s - 2000, 2002, 2004 (I) (II), 2006
- 2010s - 2010 (I) (II), 2012, 2013 (I) (II), 2017
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