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The Dionne quintuplets also appeared in numerous newsreels and a short documentary film called Five Times Five in 1939. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Two-reel) in 1940. [30] In 1942, they appeared in one of James A. Fitzpatrick's Traveltalks Land of the Quintuplets shortly before they were returned to ...
The Gaither quintuplets (born 3 August 1983, in Indianapolis, Indiana) were the first surviving African-American quintuplets and were one of only three naturally-conceived American sets in 1983. [47] [48] [49] The Al-Ghamdi quintuplets (born 2 February 1988, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) were the first set to be born in Saudi Arabia. The 5 boys were ...
May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy; June 7 - David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic (d. 2016) June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach (d. 2003) June 22 Willie Adams, politician and senator; Nathan Nurgitz, lawyer, judge, and senator (d. 2019) June 24 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, singer ...
On 28 May 1934 he assisted in the multiple births of the Dionne family, that saw the survival of the mother and all the children. This got international press notice. He continued to help care for the children for years, and became something of a celebrity in the onslaught of media attention. Dr Dafoe with the Quints in 1940
Even though they have no money her husband, Oliva, races to get a doctor. Early on the morning of May 28, 1934 she gives birth to five daughters, the famous Dionne Quintuplets. The story soon develops into a media frenzy. Radio personality Helena Reid arrives on the scene. Oliva and the other children leave in order to save the quints from ...
The screen credits note that "Scenes of the Dionne Quintuplets were photographed at Callander, Ontario under the technical supervision of Dr. Allan R. Dafoe". Dr. Dafoe was the Canadian doctor who delivered the quintuplets on May 28, 1934.
English: This handkerchief was produced as a souvenir of the Canadian Dionne Quintuplets, five sisters born in Ontario, Canada, in 1934. They were the first quintuplets to survive infancy, and were made wards of the state under the Dionne Quintuplets Guardianship Act of 1935.
The first quintuplets known to survive infancy were the identical female Canadian Dionne quintuplets, born in 1934. Quintuplets are sometimes referred to as "quins" in the UK [20] and "quints" in North America. [21] A famous set of all-girl quintuplets are the Busby quints from the TV series OutDaughtered.