8th July

Coronation Street history

 * 1955 - Deirdre Hunt born.
 * 1970 - Jack Walker dies suddenly while visiting daughter Joan Davies in Derby. Alan Howard proposes to Elsie Tanner but is refused.
 * 1974 - Maggie Clegg has her hen party. Idris Hopkins joins him family in looking over the Corner Shop that they're going to buy (First appearance of the character).
 * 1985 - Holly Chamarette takes over the role of Tracy Langton.
 * 1991 - Newly-wed Jackie Baldwin discovers Mike's deceit over the ownership of the cafe and its flat.
 * 1994 - Deirdre Barlow returns from holiday in Morocco having had a romance there with Samir Rachid.

Real world
None yet.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 8th July 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