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Events

Coronation Street history

• 1924 - Steve Tanner born.
• 1961 - Town Hall clerks Phil Braithwaite and Norman Dobson move into the Corner Shop flat.
• 1963 - Len Fairclough is taken to the Police Station on suspicion of wrecking Ena Sharples' Vestry.
• 1972 - Franny Slater breaks into Benny Lewis's flat while at the same time getting Jacko Ford set up for the job.
• 1974 - Billy Walker is charged with receiving stolen goods. Fred Bolton from the Warehouse comes forward and tells the police that his son Tony is responsible.
• 1991 - Martin Platt officially adopts Nick and Sarah Tilsley, despite a last-minute attempt to get to the court and intervene by Ivy Brennan.
• 2002 - Ken Barlow resigns from teaching after punching pupil Aidan Critchley.
• 2005 - Les Battersby and Cilla Brown have their stag and hen nights on the eve of their wedding.
• 2006 - After being goaded for several weeks by David Platt, Charlie Stubbs gets hold of lad and holds his head under water for several minutes. He is interrupted by Maria Sutherland who is so shocked at his behaviour that she tells Tracy Barlow of their affair, leading to a fight between the two women in the middle of the Street.
• 2009 - In hospital having suffered a heart attack, Tony Gordon confesses to Roy Cropper that he murdered Liam Connor.

Real world

• 1939 - Director Roger Cheveley born.
• 1978 - Writer Brian Hayles died.

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 30th October on the following years:

• 1960s - 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968
• 1970s - 1972, 1974, 1978
• 1980s - 1985, 1989
• 1990s - 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998
• 2000s - 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006 (I) (II), 2009 (I) (II)

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Events

History of the Doctor Who Universe

• 1938 - The events of "Invaders from Mars," particularly Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, occur at this time.

History of Doctor Who

• 1912 - Preston Lockwood, who played Dojjen in Snakedance, is born at Leyton, England.

• 1914 - Anna Wing, who played Anatta in Kinda, is born at Hackney in London.

• 1954 - Chris MacDonnell, who played Arnheim in Dragonfire, is born at Redruth, Cornwall, England.

• 1965 - "Death of a Spy" First Broadcast (The Myth Makers Episode 3)

• 1979 - Graham Ashley, who played the Overseer in The Underwater Menace, dies.

• 1997 - Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman dies from a heart attack in Toronto, Canada.