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Events

Coronation Street history

• 1966 - After a row with Ken Barlow, Val leaves him.
• 1970 - Football yobs descend on the Street.
• 1981 - Arnold Swain tries to persuade a terrified Emily Bishop into joining him in a suicide pact.
• 1987 - Ken Barlow decides to stand against Alf Roberts in the forthcoming elections.
• 1988 - After a row with Vera Duckworth, her mother Amy Burton leaves No.9 much to Jack's relief.
• 1990 - After he calls off their wedding, Tina Fowler tells Eddie Ramsden that she's better off without him.
• 1997 - Gerry Turner turns up at No.11 with a sawn-off shotgun, gunning after Liz McDonald.
• 1998 - Interviewed by the police, Jon Lindsay puts the blame for his fraud on Deirdre Rachid.
• 2005 - Martin Platt is arrested on suspicion of the murder of Tommy Harris.
• 2009 - Leanne Battersby leaves Weatherfield for Leeds to get away from Peter Barlow.

Real world

• 1979 - Director Quentin Lawrence dies.
• 1984 - Joseph Gilgun (Jamie Armstrong) is born.

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 9th March 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)
• The Brothers McGregor - The Singing Fan (1987 - all stations except TVS and Channel Television)

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Events

History of Doctor Who

• 1968 - DW: The Web of Fear, Episode 6, is first broadcast.
• 1974 - DW: Death to the Daleks, Episode 3, is first broadcast.
• 1982 - DW: Earthshock, Episode 2, is first broadcast.
• 1983 - DW: Enlightenment, Episode 4, is first broadcast.
• 1984 - DW: The Caves of Androzani, Episode 2, is first broadcast.
• 1985 - DW: Timelash, Episode 1, is first broadcast.
• 1997 - Terry Nation dies in Los Angeles, California, USA of emphysema.