1st January

## Events

### EastEnders history

* 1987 - Arthur Fowler breaks down in the presence of Dr Legg and is put on a series of anti-depressants. Sharon Watts believes she's being followed as she strolls through the Square late at night and finds herself trapped in the gardens with mysterious rustling sounds coming beyond the bushes.
* 1991 - The Vic has a karaoke night. Diane Butcher and Mark Fowler track down Disa O'Brien and bring her back to the Square after she abandoned her newborn baby on Diane's doorstep on Boxing Day.
* 2001 - Martin Fowler informs Mark that he believes he is the father of Sonia Jackson's baby. Mark, who is also seeking vengeance, slips drugs into Nick Cotton's drink and leads him up onto the viaduct, where Nick falls from the scaffolding.
* 2002 - Pauline Fowler and Peggy Mitchell have a furious exchange in The Vic after it is revealed that Phil Mitchell is baby Louise Fowler's father. The Slaters band together to assist Little Mo Morgan following her iron attack on Trevor Morgan, but everyone is taken aback when Trevor's body mysteriously vanishes from the Fowlers' kitchen.
* 2004 - Janine Evans pushes Barry Evans off a cliff in Scotland, causing him to fall to his death. Meanwhile, the Square's teenagers are stuck and freezing in the Scottish Highlands following the crash and explosion of their minibus.
* 2007 - Shirley Carter arrives in Walford looking for her children, Carly and Deano Wicks. Meanwhile, Pauline's funeral procession commences and Dot Branning calls the police on Sonia after Rebecca Miller confides in her that Sonia hurt Pauline on Christmas Day.
* 2008 - While out joyriding with Shirley, Kevin Wicks dies after he crashes the car and is skewered by a scaffold pike.
* 2009 - Overcome with despair, Sean Slater takes Roxy Slater and baby Amy Slater to a frozen lake. Roxy jumps out of the car to flee, but Sean pulls them both onto the frozen lake, where the ice splits and they both fall in. Ronnie Mitchell jumps in to save her sister. Sean crawls out of the lake and into the darkness, unnoticed by Ronnie and Jack Branning.
* 2010 - Syed Masood and Amira Shah get married in a spectacular wedding ceremony. Christian Clarke reveals to Zainab Masood that he has been sleeping with Syed. Libby Fox discovers that boyfriend Darren Miller is the father of Heather Trott's baby.
* 2011 - The Moon family are devastated to believe that baby Tommy Moon has died from cot death, unaware that Ronnie has swapped their babies and they are in fact holding and grieving baby James Branning.
* 2012 - Pat Evans passes away from terminal cancer surrounded by her family, her son David Wicks returns to the Square for her final moments.
* 2014 - Ronnie slams a car boot lid onto Carl White in self-defence, killing him and subsequently having the car crushed. The Carter family arrive in the nick of time to prevent their daughter Nancy Carter from marrying her boyfriend Wayne Ladlow.
* 2015 - On the day of Ronnie and Charlie Cotton's wedding, the two and Roxy get into a huge car accident in the Square, killing detective Emma Summerhayes in the process, who had recently solved the case of Lucy Beale's murder.
* 2016 - Dean Wicks seeks vengeance on the day of Mick Carter and Linda Carter's wedding by throwing him and Mick into the reception's lake. Serial killer Lucas Johnson returns to Walford.
* 2017 - A highly intoxicated Roxy leaps into the hotel pool during Ronnie and Jack's wedding reception and is killed by the shock. Ronnie dives in after her and is drowned by her wedding gown.
* 2018 - Mick is shot during a heist by an old familiar face - Callum 'Halfway' Highway. Mariam Ahmed and Arshad Ahmed, Masood Ahmed's aunt and uncle, move into No.41.
* 2019 - Ray Kelly is arrested for bigamy during his wedding to Mel Owen, who had set everything up with his other wives.
* 2020 - Martin Fowler and Linda Carter collaborate to stage Keanu Taylor's false murder and let him walk free.

### Real world

* 2008 - Final appearance of Kevin Wicks.
* 2014 - First appearance of Nancy Carter. Final appearance of Carl White.
* 2017 - Final appearance of Roxy Mitchell.
* 2018 - First appearance of Arshad Ahmed, Miriam Ahmed and Callum 'Halfway' Highway.

## Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 1st January on the following years:

* 1980s - 1987
* 1990s - 1991, 1996 and 1998
* 2000s - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 (1/2), 2008 and 2009 (1/2)
* 2010s - 2010 (1/2), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (1/2), 2017, 2018 and 2019
* 2020s - 2020 and 2021