Original: Formerly known as Oldham District and General, and occupying the site of the town's former workhouse (named Oldham Union Workhouse in 1851), the hospital is notable for being the birthplace of Louise Joy Brown   the world's first successful In vitro fertilised "test tube baby", on 25 July 1978.
Simplified: The first test tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in Oldham General Hospital on 25 July 1978.