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* 1934 – Birth of Dionne Quintuplets: Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie, and Yvonne. (The quintuplets, born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne at Corbeil, Ontario, near Callander, May 28, 1934. The Dionnes were the first surviving quints in history; two months premature, each weighed less than two pounds and together they weighed only 10 lbs in total a week after birth. Allan Roy Dafoe, the doctor who delivered the babies, also became a celebrity, when he arranged to make them wards of the Ontario government, under his supervision, in a virtual theme park called Quintland, across from the parents’ home east of North Bay. Over 3 million people – up to 6,000 a day – came to watch them play behind a one-way screen; they endorsed hundreds of products ranging from Quaker Oats to Beehive corn syrup to Lysol before they were returned to their parents in 1943 after a long custody battle. Their family reunion was bitter and the surviving sisters have recently claimed they were sexually abused by their father. They also started a suit against the Ontario government for a portion of their trust fund, but recently settled for $3 million. three films were made about the Quints: The Country Doctor (1936), Reunion (1936) and Five of a Kind (1938). Continue reading “John’s Believe It Or Not… May 28th”
Fiora Books by John Fioravanti 