8th November

Coronation Street history

 * 1961 - Elsie Tanner confronts Ena Sharples in a stand-up row in the middle of the Street over a poison pen letter she has received.
 * 1978 - Blanche Hunt finds out about Ray Langton's affair with Janice Stubbs and slaps him. Ray pushes Deirdre to emigrate to Holland with him and start and new life.
 * 1982 - Chalkie Whitely's son, Bob returns from working in the Gulf after five months away.
 * 1989 - A fight breaks out in the Rovers when Eddie Ramsden and his mates attack Kevin Webster after he had previously defended barmaid Tina Fowler from Eddie's unwanted attentions.
 * 1993 - Joss Shackleton, Vera Duckworth's father, dies.
 * 1996 - Fiona Middleton meets an admirer, policeman Alan McKenna, when she has a singing engagement at Shirelle's night club.

Real world

 * 1939 - Elizabeth Dawn (Vera Duckworth) born.
 * 1978 - Jane Danson (Leanne Battersby) born.

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


 * 1960s - 1961, 1965, 1967
 * 1970s - 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978
 * 1980s - 1982, 1989
 * 1990s - 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
 * 2000s - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 (I) (II), 2006
 * After Hours - Episode 1 (1999)