Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1944 Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke
Charlton Heston
- 1955 Erotic writer Anaïs Nin marries actor Rupert Pole at Quartzsite, Arizona, while still married to her first husband
Wedding of Interest
1961 Actor Christopher Lee (38) weds actress Gitte Lee (25)
Christopher Lee
Wedding of Interest
1966 The Who drummer Keith Moon (19) weds model Kim Kerrigan (18) at Brent Registry Office
Keith Moon
Wedding of Interest
1979 Actor Kurt Russell (28) weds actress Season Hubley (28)
Kurt Russell
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
2008 Musician Paul McCartney (65) divorces former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (40) on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour
Paul McCartney
Heather Mills
March in History
![Nature Blows Gunboat Diplomacy Out of the Water]()
Nature Blows Gunboat Diplomacy Out of the Water
The world's superpowers were prepared to use the power of their warships to control the Samoan Islands in the 1880s. But nature had other ideas.
March 15, 1889![Snakes Alive! It's St Patrick's Day]()
Snakes Alive! It's St Patrick's Day
Today is St Patrick’s Day – an event celebrated not just in Ireland but across the world, particularly in the United States with its large Irish communities.
March 17, 1776![The First People To Hop On A Bus]()
The First People To Hop On A Bus
It was an idea probably two centuries years ahead of its time, but public buses first took to the streets of Paris on this day in history.
March 18, 1662![Dr Livingstone, I Presume?]()
Dr Livingstone, I Presume?
Explorer David Livingstone, born on this day, spawned one of the most famous encounters when he was found in Africa by journalist Henry Stanley.
March 19, 1813
