Events
Coronation Street history
- 1968 - The counil buys the Mission of Glad Tidings, with intent to demolish it.
- 1990 - Deirdre Barlow throws Ken out of Number 1 when he spends New Year with Wendy Crozier instead of his family.
- 1992 - Katie McDonald is born premature.
- 1999 - Alf Roberts dies at Nick Tilsley's 18th birthday party.
- 2002 - Les Battersby's taxi is involved in a car crash. Les suffers minor injuries but the driver, Dennis Stringer, who had stopped Les from killing himself, dies in hospital.
- 2007 - Violet Wilson has a miscarriage.
Real world
- 1967 - Michelle Holmes born.
- 1988 - Margot Bryant dies.
Episodes
Except for 2005 and 2008, every year since 1999 has had a New Year episode, even if the date doesn't fall on a day Coronation Street is usually broadcast.
Episodes were broadcast on 1st January on the following years:
- 1960s - 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969
- 1970s - 1973, 1975, 1979
- 1980s - 1986
- 1990s - 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999
- 2000s - 2000, 2001, 2002 (I) (II), 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 (I) (II)
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