26th July

Coronation Street history

 * 1989 - When Vera Duckworth finds out that jack has been out with Tina Fowler, she tackles her in the Rovers, resulting in a fracas in which Alec Gilroy is drenched by a thrown drink and Vera is barred.
 * 1993 - Alf and Audrey Roberts decide to move to Lytham St Annes.
 * 1995 - Bill Webster returns to Weatherfield for the first time in ten years.
 * 1996 - A talent night at the Rovers goes wrong when a majority of the contestants sing the same Frank Sinatra songs.
 * 1999 - Having obtained his birth certificate for his forthcoming wedding, Ashley Peacock finds out the name of his natural mother and is determined to track her down.
 * 2002 - As he sets off to his wedding to Gail Platt, Richard Hillman is stopped and questioned by the police about the disappearance of his ex-wife Patricia, who Richard had previously murdered.

Real world

 * 1976 - Channel Television is the last of the ITV stations to begin colour broadcasts. The first episode of Coronation Street they transmitted in colour was Episode 1620 broadcast the same day.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 26th 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