7th March

Coronation Street history

 * 1962 - Stuck for the night with two performing sealions, Dennis Tanner puts them in the unsuspecting Walker's bath at the Rovers Return Inn.
 * 1966 - Ray Langton steals £5 from the Barlows.
 * 1977 - Suzie Birchall cleans the chimney at No.11 by dropping a brick down it but ends up covering the Ogden's living room in soot.
 * 1979 - A lorry crashes into the front of the Rovers, shedding its load of timber. Tracy Langton is believed to be buried underneath the debris.
 * 1988 - Bet Gilroy loses the baby she is expecting.
 * 1990 - Tina Fowler is jilted by fiance Eddie Ramsden during her hen party.
 * 1994 - Curly Watts deals with shoplifting Jamie Armstrong and his mother Tricia (first appearances of both characters).
 * 1999 - Billy and Rebecca Mallett's christening takes place. On the same day, Sharon Gaskell's wedding to Ian Bentley is aborted when she accuses him in the church over his affair with Natalie Horrocks.
 * 2001 - Ryan Sykes starts to stalk Emma Watts for causing the death of his brother, Dean.
 * 2005 - Tommy Harris' body is discovered at the garage.
 * 2008 - Michelle Connor forces her natural son, Alex Neeson, to leave the Rovers.

Real world

 * 1925 - George A. Cooper (Willie Piggott) born.
 * 1930 - writer Brian Hayles born.
 * 1983 - Final appearance of Bernard Youens as Stan Ogden.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 7th March 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)
 * Pardon the Expression - The Host with the Most (1966)