3rd April

Coronation Street history

 * 1961 - The residents go on an Easter trip to Windermere.
 * 1963 - Christine Hardman breaks off her wedding to Frank Barlow.
 * 1964 - Bill Webster marries Alison Cartwright.
 * 1972 - The guests congregate at the Mawdsley Street Chapel to see the wedding of Ernest Bishop and Emily Nugent.
 * 1978 - Ida Clough applies for the vacant supervisor's position at Baldwin's Casuals (First appearance of the character).
 * 1985 - Gail Tilsley leaves husband Brian and moves to her mother's.
 * 1989 - Kevin Webster is forced to work with the bosses' son, Mark Casey (First appearance of the character).
 * 1996 - Maureen Holdsworth discovers that husband Reg has run off with another woman, Yvonne Bannister.
 * 2000 - Tony Horrocks' funeral takes place.
 * 2006 - An ill and confused Mike Baldwin turns up at his son Mark Redman's house in Doncaster.

Real world

 * 1962 - The Equity actors' strike came to an end. The strike began on 1st November 1961 and saw the cast of Coronation Street reduced to a core of just fourteen actors. The first episode to feature the return of another character was Episode 142 on 23rd April with the reappearance of Jennifer Moss as Lucille Hewitt.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 3rd April on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968
 * 1970s - 1972, 1974, 1978
 * 1980s - 1985, 1989
 * 1990s - 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998
 * 2000s - 2000, 2005, 2006 (I) (II), 2009 (I) (II)
 * The Brothers McGregor - The Traffic Warden (1986)