11th March

Coronation Street history

 * 1964 - The Corner Shop reopens in its new role as a combined shop and Post Office.
 * 1968 - Dennis Tanner and Jenny Sutton arrive from London and Dennis introduces Jenny to Elsie as his new wife.
 * 1974 - The Ogdens are interviewed for the role of Caretakers for the Community Centre.
 * 1981 - The Police arrest the mentally-ill Arnold Swain (final appearance).
 * 1985 - Ivy Tilsley becomes friendly with new Baldwin's Casuals van driver George Wardle.
 * 1994 - Norris Cole turns up at the Wilton's house having taken Derek's advice and left his wife (first appearance of character).
 * 2001 - Ken Barlow loses out to Mike Baldwin at a custody hearing over Adam Barlow.

Real world

 * 1926 - Derek Benfield (Walter Greenhalgh), Dot's husband born.
 * 1964 - Stuart Latham's final episode as producer is broadcast.
 * 2001 - Coronation Street 's 5000th episode, an hour-long one, is broadcast.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 11th March 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