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On May 28, 1934, on a farm in the village of Corbeil, Ontario, near the Quebec border, a French-Canadian mother, Elzire Dionne, gave birth to five identical girls—Annette, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile ...
On this day in 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, ... Canada. They are the first quints known to have survived infancy, and, in fact, all survived to adulthood.
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They were the first quints to survive into childhood, and into adulthood. The Ontario government sent incubators and nurses to the Dionne’s home to help care for the tiny babies.
Canada's best known junior misses, the Dionne quintuplets, turn twelve this week. Yvonne, Marie, Emilie, Annette, Cécile dolled up to share Papa Oliva Dionne's knee (see cut) and a ...
The Dionne quintuplets, the first quints believed to have survived past infancy, were born 80 years ago Wednesday. Annette, Cécile, Yvonne, Marie and Émilie Dionne were born on May 28, ...
Yvonne Dionne, one of three remaining Dionne quintuplets, died Saturday of cancer, her family said. She was 67. The 1934 birth of Yvonne and her four identical sisters to an ...
MONTREAL — Yvonne Dionne, one of three remaining Dionne quintuplets, died Saturday of cancer, her family said in a statement. She was 67. The 1934 birth ...