26th August

Coronation Street history

 * 1963 - Alf Roberts and Albert Tatlock are arrested by the police for being drunk and disorderly on the annual Rovers' darts outing.
 * 1964 - Infatuated art student David Graham pulls a gun on Elsie Tanner in No. 11.
 * 1970 - Billy Walker returns to live in Weatherfield after living in London for nine years.
 * 1987 - Determined not to go back to school, Jenny Bradley skips to France with Martin Platt.
 * 1996 - Claire and Becky Palmer move into No. 6 with Des Barnes.
 * 1998 - Ken Barlow gives Toyah Battersby English lessons but Les suspects the worse and attacks Ken.
 * 2001 - Hayley Cropper is released from prison when Sheila Hayes confesses that Alex Swinton beats both her and son Waynes Hayes, the boy who Hayley and Roy absconded with to try and protect him.

Real world

 * 1971 - Gaynor Faye (Judy Mallett) born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 26th August on the following years:


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