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Lynn Johnson's murdered body is found
- 3rd January - Carla Connor is born.
- 6th January - Mavis Riley accepts Carlos's proposal but changes her mind when she finds out he only wants to marry her to get a work permit.
- 8th January - Maggie Cooke tells her son Gordon Clegg that his mother is really her sister Betty Turpin.
- 13th January - Last appearance of Maggie Cooke.
- 20th January - Lynn Johnson is murdered by her husband Roy in 9 Coronation Street. The body is found by Jerry Booth and Ray Langton.
- 10th February - Idris, Vera and Granny Hopkins leave Coronation Street at night when Gordon Clegg decides not to sell the Corner Shop to Granny. Tricia Hopkins remains in the Street.
- 17th February - Gail Potter and Tricia Hopkins rent the Corner Shop flat from Gordon Clegg.
- 19th February - Blanche Hunt takes over as manager of the Corner Shop. Gail Potter and Tricia Hopkins move into the Corner Shop flat.
- 19th March - Ena Sharples returns from St. Annes and lodges with Minnie Caldwell at No.5.
- 26th March - Billy Walker and Deirdre Hunt fix the date for their wedding.
- 2nd April - Bet Lynch finds out that her long-lost soldier son, Martin Downes, has been killed in Northern Ireland and she contemplates suicide.
- 30th April - Nita Desai is born. Eddie Yeats breaks into the Builder's Yard to demonstrate to Ray Langton and Jerry Booth that they need to buy his Alsatian guard dog, Fury.
- 5th May - Billy Walker and Deirdre Hunt cancel their wedding.
- 12th May - Having broken off his plan to marry Deirdre Hunt, Billy Walker leaves for Jersey.
- 16th June - Betty Turpin hears the ghost of Martha Longhurst in the Rovers snug. Tony Horrocks is born.
- 23rd June - Linda Sykes is born.
- 30th June - Ronnie Clayton is born.
- 7th July - Ray Langton marries Deirdre Hunt.
- 9th July - Ray and Deirdre Langton miss their train to London and spend their wedding night in Blanche Hunt's house.
- 23rd July - Albert Tatlock has an operation to remove a piece of shrapnel from his bottom that's been there since the First World War.
- 25th July - Lucy Richards is born.
- 6th August - The residents lay on a special surprise Street party for Albert Tatlock's eightieth birthday.
- 8th September - Ken Barlow, working as a taxi driver, picks up his estranged wife Janet who he hasn't seen for seven months.
- 17th September - Eddie Yeats is arrested for possession of stolen goods.
- 29th September - The out of control Marsh boys set fire to a storeroom in the Mark Brittain Warehouse. First appearance of Fred Gee.
- 1st October - A discarded cigarette starts a fire that quickly gets out of control at the Mark Brittain Warehouse. Employee Edna Gee is killed in the warehouse as the firemen try to control the blaze.
- 13th October - The residents are allowed back to their homes after the fire at the Mark Brittain Warehouse.
- 15th October - Tricia Hopkins and Gail Potter lose their money when a modelling agency they paid their fees in advance to goes bust.
- 27th October - After an eighteen-month absence, Ena Sharples gets her old job back at the Community Centre and the flat that goes with it.
- 29th October - The residents discover that Betty Turpin is Gordon Clegg's mother when his girlfriend Sophie Edwards blurts the truth out in the Rovers.
- 10th November - Jerry Booth dies suddenly of a heart attack. Maxine Heavey is born.
- 12th November - Jerry Booth's funeral takes place.
- 24th November - Annie Walker collapses following a break-in at the Rovers.
- 2nd December - Fiona Middleton is born.
- 15th December - Deirdre Langton gives Tricia Hopkins a black eye when her warning that Ray Langton has been playing away turns out to be untrue.
- 24th December - The residents perform Cinderella in the Coronation Street Community Centre.
- 29th December - Concepta Regan visits Weatherfield for the first time since 1972. She thinks that Bet Lynch is after her husband, Sean.
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