2nd February

Coronation Street history

 * 1977 - 13 Coronation Street briefly changes its house number to 12a.
 * 1983 - Phyllis Pearce finds out her house is going to be demolished. Suzie Birchall gets a job as a barmaid at the Rovers Return Inn.
 * 1987 - Sarah Louise Tilsley is born. The father, Brian Tilsley, doesn't think Sarah is his daughter, and doesn't visit his wife Gail at the hospital.
 * 1996 - First appearance of Ashley Peacock.
 * 1997 - Ken Barlow sleeps with Sue Jeffers, thinking that Deirdre Rachid doesn't want him back.
 * 1998 - Rita Sullivan gives Leanne Tilsley a job at the Kabin.
 * 2004 - Rita appears in court over hitting Chesney Brown - a minor. She is fined £500 and has to pay compensation. Rita is appalled and is held in contempt of court when she gives the megistrates a piece of her mind. She spends the night in a cell.
 * 2007 - Becky Granger and her friend Slug steal Hayley Cropper's car.

Real world

 * 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes born.
 * 1971 - The ITV colour strike, which affected Coronation Street, is called off.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 2nd February on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1966
 * 1970s - 1970, 1972, 1977
 * 1980s - 1981, 1983, 1987
 * 1990s - 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
 * 2000s - 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 (I) (II), 2005, 2007, 2009 (I) (II)