18th October

Coronation Street history

 * 1919 - Albert Tatlock marries Bessie Vickery.
 * 1929 - Emily Nugent (later Bishop) born.
 * 1946 - Alma Halliwell born.
 * 1961 - Doreen Lostock begins work at the Rovers. Phil Dobson and Norman Braithwaite become lodgers in the Corner Shop flat.
 * 1972 - The Pub Olympics between the Rovers Return Inn and The Flying Horse takes place with the Rovers winning.
 * 1989 - Alan Bradley pleads guilty at his trial of deception and actual bodily harm and gets a two year sentence but to Rita Fairclough's shock is released immediately due to the time spent on remand.
 * 1996 - Ashley Peacock becomes a lodger at no. 5.
 * 1998 - To stop Mike Baldwin's bullying, Hayley Patterson tells everyone at Underworld that she's a transsexual.
 * 1999 - Doreen Heavey leaves husband Derek and dumps herself on Ashley and Maxine Peacock.
 * 2002 - Harry Flagg is taken on as cellarman at the Rovers.
 * 2004 - Ciaran McCarthy and Tracy Barlow are arrested for trying to deceive Penny King. After Deirdre Barlow intercedes with Mike Baldwin, Penny gets the charges against Tracy dropped but then drops Mike as well when she finds out that Mike and Deirdre once had an affair.

Real world

 * 1958 - Ian Reddington (Vernon Tomlin) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 18th October 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, 2001, 2002, 2004 (I) (II), 2006