Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
1848 Soldier and later US President Ulysses Grant (26) marries Julia Dent
Ulysses S. Grant
Wedding of Interest
1900 Oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny (44) weds Carrie Estelle Betzold in New Mexico Territory
Edward L. Doheny
Wedding of Interest
1925 Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson (28) weds teacher Maryon Elspeth Moody (23)
Lester B. Pearson
Wedding of Interest
1931 FBI agent Melvin Purvis (27) weds childhood sweetheart Marie Rosanne Willcox at St. John's Episcopal Church in Florence, South Carolina
Melvin Purvis
Wedding of Interest
1944 Writer Jack Kerouac (22) weds author Edie Kerouac Parker
Jack Kerouac
- 1998 FOX News Channel correspondent and Robert F Kennedy's youngest son Douglas Kennedy (32) weds Molly Stark (29) in Nantucket, Massachusetts
August in History
![First Faltering Steps of Jane Eyre]()
First Faltering Steps of Jane Eyre
With hope, pride – and some subterfuge – Charlotte Brontë sent her hefty manuscript of Jane Eyre to publishers in London on this day, then crossed her fingers.
August 15, 1847![A Kiss For Adolf Hitler]()
A Kiss For Adolf Hitler
A woman spectator leaned over and kissed Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympic Games on this day. Hitler pretended to be amused, but his guards were to suffer.
August 15, 1936![The 17 Year-Old Witness to the Eruption of Vesuvius]()
The 17 Year-Old Witness to the Eruption of Vesuvius
17 year-old Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii made the event famous long after Pompeii was buried and forgotten.
August 24, 79 AD![How 200 Conquistadors Conquered an Empire of 10 Million]()
How 200 Conquistadors Conquered an Empire of 10 Million
How did a mere 200 Spanish conquistadors capture the Incan Emperor-god Atahualpa, execute him and conquer an entire empire?
August 29, 1533
