11th August

Coronation Street history

 * 1909 - Annie Beaumont born.
 * 1930 - Ernest Bishop born.
 * 1965 - Emily Nugent and Minnie Caldwell get blind drunk after sampling home-brew that Charlie Moffit and Stan Ogden left in No. 5 believing that it's a tonic drink.
 * 1971 - Ernest Bishop and Emily Nugent hold an engagement party at which one of the guests is Mavis Riley, Emily's colleague from work (First appearance of the character).
 * 1986 - After the disastrous fire of 18th June the refurbishments to the Rovers are completed and Bet Gilroy asks Hilda Ogden if she will officially open the pub in her capacity of being its longest-serving employee.
 * 1999 - Jack Duckworth undergoes a heart-bypass operation.
 * 2000 - Jez Quigley is found not guilty for the murder of Tony Horrocks and threatens Steve McDonald for giving evidence against him.
 * 2003 - Les Batterby is released from prison after serving time for the trumped-up charge of assaulting Mick Hopwood.
 * 2004 - In front of fiance Maya Sharma, Dev Alahan declares his love to Sunita Parekh.
 * 2006 - Jason Grimshaw and Sarah Louise Platt celebrate their stag and hen nights prior to their wedding.

Real world

 * 1932 - Director John Gorrie born.
 * 1968 - Gray O'Brien (Tony Gordon) born.
 * 1982 - Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 11th August on the following years:


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