11th July

Coronation Street history

 * 1962 - Ken Barlow and Valerie Tatlock announce their engagement as a shattered Elsie Tanner watches as Bill Gregory is reconciled with his wife.
 * 1967 - Sally Seddon born.
 * 1983 - Chalkie Whitely wins £3,543.75 on a five-horse accumulator and celebrates with Eddie Yeats and young binman Curly Watts (First appearance of the character).
 * 1984 - The Rovers holds a talent night at which Percy Sugden bores the audience with his farmyard impressions.
 * 1988 - Ken Barlow and Alan Bradley save Ronnie.
 * 2004 - Nick Tilsley leaves Weatherfield and moves to Nottingham (Final appearance of the character).
 * 2008 - Ken Barlow attends a university reunion where he meets former girlfriend Marian Lund for the first time since 1961.

Real world

 * 1912 - Stuart Latham, the first producer of Coronation Street born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 11th July 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)