13th May

Coronation Street history

 * 1964 - During a party in the Rovers, Martha Longhurst dies of a heart attack alone in the snug.
 * 1970 - Her marriage to Dickie in tatters, Audrey Fleming leaves the Street and returns to her parents in Preston (final appearance of the character).
 * 1981 - Fred Gee and Eunice Gee are married.
 * 1987 - After the stress of losing his election to Deirdre Barlow, Alf Roberts suffers a major heart attack in No.11.
 * 1998 - Liz and Steve McDonald are told that Jim may never walk again after his accident.
 * 2001 - Maria Sutherland moves into No.9 to be with Tyrone Dobbs even though her arrival is unexpected by the Duckworths.

Real world

 * 1913 - Robert Dorning (Wally Hunt in Pardon the Expression and Turn out the Lights) born.
 * 1931 - Harry Driver, Coronation Street writer and storyliner (and also writer and first producer of Pardon the Expression) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 13th May on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1963, 1964, 1968
 * 1970s - 1970, 1974
 * 1980s - 1981, 1985, 1987
 * 1990s - 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998
 * 2000s - 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009