8th April

Coronation Street history

 * 1922 - Percy Sugden born.
 * 1936 - Ivy Nelson born.
 * 1964 - Laurie Frazer leaves Weatherfield for London after Elsie Tanner refuses to listen to his excuses for him not telling her that he was married.
 * 1970 - David Barlow dies in a car crash in Australia.
 * 1981 - Eunice Nuttall accepts Fred Gee's proposal of marriage.
 * 1992 - When managing the Kabin Derek Wilton quickly falls out with the paperboys who start industrial action.
 * 1996 - The men of the Street make an impulsive purchase of a racehorse - "Betty's Hot Shot".
 * 2002 - Joshua Peacock is born prematurely.
 * 2005 - Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rachid are re-married.
 * 2007 - Deirdre visits Tracy Barlow who has just begun her life sentence for murder (Final appearance of the character).

Real world
None yet.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 8th April on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1963, 1964, 1968
 * 1970s - 1970, 1974
 * 1980s - 1981, 1985, 1987
 * 1990s - 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998
 * 2000s - 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009