Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby" is born
From About.com
(http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/testtubebaby.htm)On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful
"test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. Though the technology
that made her conception possible was heralded as a triumph in
medicine and science, it also caused many to consider the
possibilities of future ill-use.

Think her mother passed away a few weeks ago.