26th February

Coronation Street history

 * 1964 - Leonard Swindley suffers a breakdown.
 * 1968 - No.1 is burgled and Albert Tatlock's coin collection is stolen.
 * 1973 - Hilda Ogden hosts a "Barbara Cartland"-style birthday party.
 * 1979 - Elsie Tanner agrees to move to Torquay with Ron Mather.
 * 1996 - Joyce Smedley becomes the Rovers' new cleaner.
 * 2003 - Following Richard Hillman's confession, the police excavate the Ridings and find the body of Patricia Hillman.
 * 2006 - Ashley Peacock is unnerved to hear from Matt Ramsden, asking after Joshua.
 * 2007 - The street is evacuated when a wartime bomb is found buried in the garden of No.4

Real world

 * 1997 - First appearance of Natalie Horrocks

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


 * 1960s - 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969
 * 1970s - 1973, 1975, 1979
 * 1980s - 1986
 * 1990s - 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999
 * 2000s - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 (I) (II)