In 2010 scientists at the University of Manchester were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing graphene, the World's thinnest material
The 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK
Doctor Patrick Steptoe produced the world's first 'test-tube' baby at Oldham Royal Hospital in 1978
The first professional football league was set up in the Royal Hotel at Piccadilly, Manchester
The first computer with a stored programme and memory, nicknamed 'baby', was developed at the University of Manchester
Frederick Royce met Charles Rolls in Manchester's Midland Hotel and set up the famous car company Rolls Royce
Alcock and Brown, both Manchester Central High School students, were the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop