9th March

Coronation Street history

 * 1966 - After a row with Ken Barlow, Val leaves him.
 * 1970 - Football yobs descend on the street.
 * 1981 - Arnold Swain tries to persuade a terrified Emily Bishop into joining him in a suicide pact.
 * 1987 - Ken Barlow decides to stand against Alf Roberts in the forthcoming elections.
 * 1988 - After a row with Vera Duckworth, her mother Amy Burton leaves No.9 much to Jack's relief.
 * 1990 - After he calls off their wedding, Tina Fowler tells Eddie Ramsden that she's better off without him.
 * 1997 - Gerry Turner turns up at No.11 with a sawn-off shotgun, gunning after Liz McDonald.
 * 1998 - Interviewed by the police, Jon Lindsay puts the blame for his fraud on Deirdre Rachid.
 * 2005 - Martin Platt is arrested on suspicion of the murder of Tommy Harris.
 * 2009 - Leanne Battersby leaves Weatherfield for Leeds to get away from Peter Barlow.

Real world

 * 1979 - Director Quentin Lawrence dies.
 * 1984 - Joseph Gilgun (Jamie Armstrong) is born.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 8th March on the following years:


 * 1960s - 1964, 1966
 * 1970s - 1970, 1977
 * 1980s - 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988
 * 1990s - 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998
 * 2000s - 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 (I) (II)