This Day In History - The First Quintuplets To Survive Infancy Are Born 1934

The First Quintuplets To Survive Infancy Are Born 1934

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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Event Description

The Dionne Quintuplets were are the first quintuplets known tosurvive their infancy. The sisters were born just outside Callander, Ontario, Canada, near the village of Corbeil.

The Dionne girls were born two months premature. After four months with their family, they were made wards of the King for the next nine years under the Dionne Quintuplets' Guardianship Act, 1935. The government and those around them began to profit by making them a significant tourist attraction in Ontario.

Event Location

Callender, Ontario