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Events

Coronation Street history

• 1970 - Ray Langton and Sandra Butler set their wedding date as Ray's affair with Audrey Fleming intensifies.
• 1988 - Curly Watts' parents meet Shirley Armitage for the first time and show their prejudices when they see that she is black.
• 1990 - Rita Fairclough decides to move out of No.7 and into the flat above the new Kabin.
• 1997 - Mike Baldwin tries to trap Don Brennan into confessing to torching his factory but Don sees through his ruse.
• 1998 - Coping badly with life in prison, Deirdre Rachid is taken to the hospital wing.
• 2005 - Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rachid have their stag and hen nights before their re-marriage.
• 2007 - Joanne Jackson is taken away from the Underworld factory by the police for being an illegal immigrant.

Real world

• 1970 - HTV began colour broadcasts. The first episode of Coronation Street they transmitted in colour was Episode 968 (6th April 1970).

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 6th April on the following years:

• 1960s - 1964, 1966
• 1970s - 1970, 1977
• 1980s - 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988
• 1990s - 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998
• 2000s - 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 (I) (II)

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

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History of the Doctor Who Universe

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History of Doctor Who

• 1932 - Leon Eagles who played Jabel in The Face of Evil, is born in Cardiff, Wales.

• 1937 - Katie Cashfield, who appeared as a Thal in The Daleks, is born in London.

• 1968 - Keith Pyott, who played Autloc in The Aztecs, dies.

- Fury from the Deep Episode 4 is first broadcast.

• 1974 - The Monster of Peladon Part Three is first broadcast.