10th July

Coronation Street history

 * 1967 - Despite the residents' best efforts, Coronation Street loses the "Best Kept Street" competition to Inkerman Street.
 * 1968 - Mr Papagopolous closes down Gamma Garments and Emily Nugent is fired from her job.
 * 1972 - Benny Lewis opens his Betting Shop on Rosamund Street.
 * 1974 - Maggie Clegg marries Ron Cooke. Granny Hopkins is shown over the Corner Shop by her family (First appearance of the character).
 * 1991 - Percy Sugden sabotages Emily Bishop's attempts to sell No.3.
 * 1992 - Ken Barlow publically accuses Mike Baldwin of conning Emily Bishop out money.
 * 1998 - As opposing candidates in the council election, Audrey Roberts and Spider Nugent address a student's meeting. Audrey is winning the debate easily until she proposes the return of the Miss Weatherfield Contest which doesn't go down well with the young women present.
 * 2002 - To everyone's relief, Lillian Spencer and her family leave the Rovers for a better job in Marple.

Real world

 * 1979 - Jenny Platt (Violet Wilson) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 10th July 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