<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Being identical quintuplets </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Oliva Edouard Elzire Dionne </Td> </Tr> <P> The Dionne quintuplets (French pronunciation: ​ (d͡zjɔn); born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy . The identical sisters were born in Canada, just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil . All five survived to adulthood . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

Why did the birth of the dionne quintuplets create such a sensation