Historical Figures Married and Divorced in 1930

Jan 14 American author John Steinbeck (27) weds Carol Henning (23) in Los Angeles, California (divorced 1942)

Jan 15 Businesswoman Estee Mentzer (23) weds businessman Joseph Lauter (later Lauder)

Jun 23 Businessman Nelson Rockefeller (21) weds Mary Todhunter Clark

Jun 23 Diplomat Ralph Bunche (25) weds Ruth Harris

Jul 14 1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (61) weds second wife Maria Agoncillo (51) at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan

Aug 27 Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32) at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

Sep 4 Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (21) weds Vivien Burey at First African Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sep 11 Mystery writer Agatha Christie (39) weds archaeologist Max Mallowan (26)

Dec 6 Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia