From Coronation Street Wiki

Events

Coronation Street history

• 1965 - Twins Peter and Susan Barlow are christened.
• 1966 - Raquel Wolstenhulme is born.
• 1982 - Sharon Gaskell runs away from her long-term foster parents to live with Len and Rita Fairclough.
• 1995 - Tricia Armstrong quits her job as cleaner at the Rovers when landlady Bet Lynch docks her wages because of lateness.
• 2002 - First appearance of Joe Carter.
• 2008 - A gang of hoodies including Kenzie Judd rob The Kabin and attack Norris Cole. First appearance of Joe McIntyre.

Real world

• 1970 - Granada Television technicians belonging to the ACTT (Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians) Union go on strike in support of a 12% pay rise, partly for working in colour, a side of the dispute that would escalate into the ITV Colour Strike on 13th November of the same year. The strike only affected Granada - the rest of the ITV network carried on as usual but without any Granada programmes, including Coronation Street. The dispute was called off on Saturday 20th June but it took until Monday 22nd June for the service to be resumed, which it did at 2.35pm.

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 26th May on the following years:

• 1960s - 1965, 1969
• 1970s - 1971, 1976
• 1980s - 1980, 1982, 1986
• 1990s - 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
• 2000s - 2000, 2002, 2003 (I) (II), 2006, 2008 (I) (II), 2009

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Events

History of the Doctor Who Universe

• 1703 - Samuel Pepys dies. The Doctor had met Pepys and once commented on how Mrs. Pepys made an excellent cup of coffee (DW: Planet of the Spiders).

History of Doctor Who

• 1913 - Peter Cushing is born.
• 1922 - Andrew Downie is born.
• 1924 - Leonard Maguire is born.
• 1927 - Julia Smith is born.
• 1935 - Sheila Steafel is born.
• 1973 - "The Green Death," Episode Two, is first broadcast.
• 2007 - Human Nature First Broadcast