From Coronation Street Wiki

Events

Coronation Street history

• 1961 - The residents go on an Easter trip to Windermere.
• 1963 - Christine Hardman breaks off her wedding to Frank Barlow.
• 1964 - Bill Webster marries Alison Cartwright.
• 1972 - The guests congregate at the Mawdsley Street Chapel to see the wedding of Ernest Bishop and Emily Nugent.
• 1978 - Ida Clough applies for the vacant supervisor's position at Baldwin's Casuals (First appearance of the character).
• 1985 - Gail Tilsley leaves husband Brian and moves to her mother's.
• 1989 - Kevin Webster is forced to work with the boss' son, Mark Casey (First appearance of the character).
• 1996 - Maureen Holdsworth discovers that husband Reg has run off with another woman, Yvonne Bannister.
• 2000 - Tony Horrocks' funeral takes place.
• 2006 - An ill and confused Mike Baldwin turns up at his son Mark Redman's house in Doncaster.

Real world

• 1962 - The Equity actors' strike came to an end. The strike began on 1st November 1961 and saw the cast of Coronation Street reduced to a core of, eventually, just thirteen actors. The first episode to feature the return of another character was Episode 142 on 23rd April with the reappearance of Jennifer Moss as Lucille Hewitt.

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 3rd April on the following years:

• 1960s - 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968
• 1970s - 1972, 1974, 1978
• 1980s - 1985, 1989
• 1990s - 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998
• 2000s - 2000, 2005, 2006 (I) (II), 2009 (I) (II)
• The Brothers McGregor - The Traffic Warden (1986)

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Events

History of Doctor Who

• 1913 - Hugh Burden is born.

• 1924 - Peter Hawkins is born.

• 1926 - Timothy Bateson is born.

• 1926 - Andrew Keir is born.

• 1929 - Michael Hayes is born.

• 1937 - William Gaunt is born.

• 1961 - Edward Highmore is born.

• 1965 - "The Knight of Jaffa" First Broadcast (The Crusade Episode 2)

• 1971 - The Claws of Axos Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 2008 - Johnny Byrne dies.