17th April

Coronation Street history

 * 1961 - Evicted from the Vestry, Ena Sharples moves in with a reluctant Martha Longhurst.
 * 1963 - Elsie Tanner is forced to give in to the rent rise when the baliffs start to evict her from No.11.
 * 1968 - After a two-year absence Ray Langton reappears in the Street looking for work.
 * 1985 - The Brainest Pub quiz takes place between the Rovers and the White Swan with Percy Sugden losing the contest for the Rovers.
 * 1992 - Mike Baldwin and Alma Sedgewick announce their engagement.
 * 1998 - The court of appeal releases Deirdre Rachid on bail. Shannon Tattersall suffers a cot death.
 * 2000 - Leanne Tilsley suspects Jez Quigley of the murder of Tony Horrocks.
 * 2005 - Ray Langton is buried.
 * 2006 - Mike Baldwin is buried.
 * 2009 - Connie Rathbone turns up at No.9 with Jack Duckworth's missing pigeon (First appearance of the character).

Real world

 * 1926 - Gordon Rollings (Charlie Moffitt) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 17th 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, 2002, 2005, 2006 (I) (II), 2009 (I) (II)
 * The Brothers McGregor - Cyril's Singing (1986)