First quintuplets to survive infancy were born 84 years ago
The Dionne quintuplets, the world's first quintuplets known to have survived infancy, were born on May 28, 1934 in Canada. They were born prematurely, together weighing 14 pounds. The government took over the girls' custody after their father signed a contract to exhibit them at a fair, citing exploitation. The parents won back the custody when the girls were nine.