17th May

Coronation Street history

 * 1919 - Stan Ogden born.
 * 1961 - Ken Barlow brings elder girlfriend Marian Lund home for tea. Mother Ida is relieved that she isn't interested in marriage.
 * 1972 - Kicked out by common-law husband Harry Bates, Rita Littlewood dumps herself on Len Fairclough.
 * 1978 - Annie Walker refuses to live with daughter Joan Davies who returns to her home in Derby (Final appearance of the character).
 * 1995 - Alf Roberts and Betty Turpin's year of office as Mayor and Mayoress of Weatherfield comes to an end.
 * 1999 - Alma Baldwin finds out about Mike's fling with Julia Stone.
 * 2002 - Richard Hillman cons Jack and Vera Duckworth out of £20,000 on an investment scam.
 * 2004 - Fred Elliott meets his Thai bride Orchid Pattaya for the first time, not realising that he has been set up in a crooked deal.

Real world

 * 1948 - Veronica Doran (Marion Yeats) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 17th May on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1961, 1965, 1967
 * 1970s - 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978
 * 1980s - 1982, 1989
 * 1990s - 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
 * 2000s - 2000, 2002, 2004 (I) (II)