5th May

Coronation Street history

 * 1975 - Billy Walker and Deidre Hunt cancel their wedding.
 * 1982 - Eddie Yeats and Marion Willis become engaged.
 * 1983 - Maria Sutherland is born.
 * 1993 - Percy Sugden proposes to Olive Clarke but is refused.
 * 1997 - Ashley Peacock is arrested for arson, the crime actually being committed by Don Brennan.
 * 1999 - Tyrone Dobbs is taken on as an apprentice at the garage by Kevin Webster.
 * 2000 - Steve McDonald tells Natalie Barnes that Jez Quigley killed her son Tony Horrocks.
 * 2003 - Vera Duckworth is reconciled with Gail Platt when David breaks down and tells her about his mum's suffering over Richard Hillman's actions.
 * 2008 - The Websters and the Peacocks agree to a house-swap.

Real world

 * 1982 - Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philip, opened the new Outdoor Set. Sir Denis Forman and David Plowright of Granada Television introduced the Royal visitors to Tony Warren, H.V. Kershaw, Bill Podmore and Denis Parkin before they walked down the set and met all the regular members of the cast. The entire visit was broadcast live by ITV.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 5th May on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1965, 1969
 * 1970s - 1971, 1975, 1976
 * 1980s - 1980, 1982, 1986
 * 1990s - 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
 * 2000s - 2000, 2002, 2003 (I) (II), 2004, 2006, 2008 (I) (II)