1934Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.^[†]

The Municipality of Callander is a township in central Ontario, Canada, located at the southeast end of Lake Nipissing in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District. The municipality is located on Callander Bay, just south of North Bay.

Headlines from May 28, 1934

Few Have Succeeded in Westward Flight From Europe Across the North Atlantic

REDS RENEW RIOT AT COURT HEARING; 300 Protesting Arrests Fight Police When Ejected After Booing Magistrate. MAN AND WOMAN SEIZED Blackjacks Rout Agitators in Street Battle -- 13 Held for Inciting Disorder. REDS RENEW RIOT AT COURT HEARING

NEAR PEACE BASIS IN TOLEDO STRIKE AS RIOTING CEASES; The Mediators, After Parley, Announce the 'Possibility of a Complete Settlement.' DIRECT' ADJUSTING IN VIEW Taft Reports 'Mutual Understanding' of Employers and Union Leaders. NEAR PEACE BASIS IN TOLEDO STRIKE

U.S. Envoy Escapes Shots Fired at Home in Havana; Gunmen in Automobile Flee After Attack Timed for Caffery's Usual Departure for Church -- Cubans Call With Regrets. U.S. ENVOY'S HOME FIRED AT IN HAVANA

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