19th August

Coronation Street history

 * 1957 - Jack Duckworth marries Veronica Burton.
 * 1964 - Harry and Concepta Hewitt leave the Street for a new life in Ireland.
 * 1974 - First appearances of Vera Duckworth and Blanche Hunt (the latter being played in her first two appearances by actress Patricia Cutts who committed suicide on 6th September 1974. Maggie Jones then took on the role).
 * 1985 - Frank Mills becomes potman at the Rovers.
 * 1987 - Alec Gilroy is given the tenancy of the Rovers when Cecil Newton hears that he is marrying Bet Lynch.
 * 2005 - Jack tracks down Vera in Southport after she fled there, saying their marriage was finished. The two are reconciled.

Real world

 * 1970 - Although it is actually Episode 999 which is broadcast, Coronation Street celebrates the transmission of its 1000th episode with a TV Times cover and feature and the publication of a special TV Times magazine.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 19th 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, 2005, 2007