17th July

Coronation Street history

 * 1949 - Dickie Fleming born.
 * 1961 - Leo and Mario Bonarti have their grand opening of their cafe on Rosamund Street but Ena Sharples boycotts the event as she doesn't want to eat "Italian muck".
 * 1963 - Dennis Tanner signs up singer Walter Potts and renames him "Brett Falcon".
 * 1974 - The Hopkins family officially take over the Corner Shop.
 * 1985 - Andrea Clayton confesses to her parents that she is pregnant with Terry Duckworth's baby.
 * 1992 - Curly Watts purchases No.7 from Rita Sullivan.
 * 1995 - Deirdre Rachid moves into one of Mike Baldwin's flats at 5 Crimea Street.
 * 1996 - Samantha Failsworth is taken on as a barmaid at the Rovers (First appearance of the character).
 * 1998 - Sally Webster and Greg Kelly began an affair.
 * 2005 - Warren Baldwin moves to Spain to play football there.
 * 2006 - Birth of Freddie Peacock.

Real world

 * 1968 - Jayne Hazlegrove (Sue Clayton) born.
 * 1970 - Tyne Tees Television begins Colour broadcasts. Episode 990 (20th July 1970) is the first episode of the programme to be shown in colour in the region.
 * 1971 - Matthew Crompton (Dan Mason) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 17th July 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)