12th July

Coronation Street history

 * 1949 - Len Fairclough marries Nellie Briggs.
 * 1961 - Doreen Lostock begins working for Leonard Swindley in his shop Swindley's Draperies.
 * 1976 - The famous "Muriel" is pasted onto the wall of No.13, much to Hilda Ogden's delight.
 * 1982 - Brian Tilsley returns after five months working in Qatar.
 * 1991 - In a rage after learning of Mike Baldwin's deceptions, his wife of one week, Jackie points a loaded shotgun at him.
 * 1995 - The Duckworths inherit £30,000 from Jack's deceased brother Cliff.
 * 1998 - As the regulars watch the World Cup final in the Rovers, Rita Sullivan collapses from carbon monoxide poisoning in her flat.
 * 1999 - Tyrone Dobbs starts to become a lodger of the Duckworths when he moves into the Park Road B&B.
 * 2000 - Tyrone Dobbs proposes to Maria Sutherland at the top of Blackpool Tower.
 * 2002 - Archie Shuttleworth rescues Blanche Hunt after her fall downstairs at No.1.
 * 2006 - After a short period when Steve McDonald's minicab licence was up for renewal, Street Cars reopens with Lloyd Mullaney as the new licencee.

Real world

 * 1928 - Kathy Staff (Vera Hopkins) born.
 * 1903 - Irene Sutcliffe (Maggie Clegg) born.
 * 1935 - Roy Barraclough (Alec Gilroy) born.
 * 1957 - Christopher Quinten (Brian Tilsley) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 12th July 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), 2006