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The Dionne quintuplets (French pronunciation:; born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood. [1] The Dionne girls were born premature.
Dionne quintuplets, the five daughters—Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile, Marie, and Annette—born prematurely on May 28, 1934, near Callander, Ontario, Canada, to Oliva and Elzire Dionne. The parents had 14 children, 9 by single births. The quintuplets became international celebrities during their early.
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May 29, 2021 · The surviving Dionne quintuplets, Annette and Cecile, celebrated their 87th birthday on Thursday. Their birth near North Bay, Ont., in 1934 astounded the world, but has become a focal point for...
Apr 7, 2017 · The Dionne quintuplets' guardians capitalized on their novelty in almost every way imaginable: their likenesses were used to sell books, corn syrup, and oatmeal, among other products, and paper and porcelain dolls were manufactured to resemble them. They even starred in three feature films.
Apr 2, 2017 · The Dionne quintuplets — the first known to survive — were a flash of miraculous happy news in the depths of the Great Depression. Journalists descended on North Bay,...
Jan 13, 2013 · With only two previous cases on record, they were the only quintuplets to survive for more than a few days. This miracle, plus their baby cuteness, the poverty of their French Canadian parents, and the controversy over their guardianship, made them the sensation of the 1930s. Dionne Quintuplets.
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Nov 3, 2019 · The Dionne quintuplets: The exploitation of five girls raised in a ‘baby zoo’. A new book sheds light on the misery they endured after their birth in Canada during the Great Depression. The...