19th December

Coronation Street history

 * 1962 - Ken Barlow makes a last-minute decision not to quite his teaching job at Bessie Street School.
 * 1979 - Suzie Birchall loses her job at Baldwin's Casuals and leaves Weatherfield for London.
 * 1997 - Judy Mallett has sex with her boss Paul Fisher in exchange for a £2,000 advance on her wages.
 * 2004 - Martin Platt, Fred Elliott and Tyrone Dobbs all get the impression that Ashley Peacock has asked them to be his best man.
 * 2005 - Audrey Roberts and Keith Appleyard find out that Rosie Webster and Craig Harris have been having underage sex. Audrey voices her disapproval but agrees not to tell Sally Webster.
 * 2008 - Peter Barlow arrives late (and drunk) to see his son Simon in a school nativity play. He makes a scene when a teacher tries to refuse him admittance because of his drunkenness. Ashamed, Ken Barlow refuses to let Peter take Simon home with him.

Real world

 * 1991 - Paul Maxwell (Steve Tanner) dies.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 19th December on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1962, 1966
 * 1970s - 1973, 1977, 1979
 * 1980s - 1983, 1984, 1988
 * 1990s - 1990, 1994, 1997, 1999
 * 2000s - 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 (I) (II), 2007, 2008 (I) (II)