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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Key Facts — History II

Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), was born in 1978 in which English town?

A) Manchester
B) Leeds
C) Oldham
D) Preston

Correct answer: Oldham

Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation, was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1978.

Related handbook facts

Lancashire was the site of a major medical breakthrough in 1978, when the first infant conceived via in-vitro fertilisation was delivered in Oldham.

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