From Coronation Street Wiki

Events

Coronation Street history

• 1964 - Valerie Barlow returns to her husband Ken. She had left him for Dave Robbins but Dave doesn't want to get involved.
• 1969 - Gordon Clegg passes his accountancy exams and buys an engagement ring for Lucille Hewitt.
• 1975 - Idris, Vera and Granny Hopkins leave Coronation Street at night when Gordon Clegg decides not to sell the Corner Shop to Granny. Tricia Hopkins remains in the street.
• 1982 - Deirdre Barlow is shocked when husband Ken tells her he doesn't want to have a child with her.
• 1988 - Gail Tilsley agrees to remarry Brian Tilsley.
• 1999 - The Corner Shop reopens with Ravi Desai in charge.

Real world

• 1908 - Anne Dyson is born.
• 1961 - Due to strike action at Granada Television, studio facilities are unavailable and the live episode due to be transmitted on this date was cancelled. The strike, which began on 7th February, was in protest at a letter over the working of extra time to seven men by an engineer in charge of them. The next episode was therefore transmitted on 15th February.

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 10th February on the following years:

• 1960s - 1961, 1964, 1965, 1969
• 1970s - 1971, 1975
• 1980s - 1982, 1986, 1988
• 1990s - 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
• 2000s - 2002, 2003, 2006
• Turn out the Lights - One For Yes, Two For No (1967 - all ITV regions except Associated Rediffusion, Tyne Tees Television and Teledu Cymru)

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Events

History of Doctor Who

• 1968 - The Web of Fear Episode 2 First Broadcast.

• 1973 - Carnival of Monsters Episode 3 First Broadcast.

• 1979 - The Armageddon Factor Episode 4 First Broadcast.