6th July

Coronation Street history

 * 1964 - The Ogden family move into No.13.
 * 1970 - Alan Howard returns to Weatherfield after a four month absence and restarts his tempestuous relationship with Elsie Tanner again.
 * 1977 - Bet Lynch and Renee Bradshaw are lured by two men, Les Fox and Eric Bailey to a non-existant party in Ashton-under-Lyne in order to give them a chance to rob the Corner Shop.
 * 1983 - Mike Baldwin entertains a Russian trade delegation in the factory.
 * 1988 - Rovers cleaner Sandra Stubbs is beaten up by her husband Ronnie when she refuses to take him back.
 * 1990 - A free bus service from Bettabuys starts to pick up customers in Coronation Street. Alf Roberts is not best pleased...
 * 1992 - Following his attempt at a suicidal car crash, Don Brennan's lower leg is amputated.
 * 2003 - Birth of Simon Barlow.

Real world

 * 1992 - Coronation Street 's first one-hour episode is broadcast when two normal half-hour episodes are edited together and shown at 7.00pm directly opposite the new BBC soap Eldorado.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 6th July 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