Weddings in History
- Jan 8 Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
John Steinbeck
Jan 14 American author John Steinbeck (27) weds Carol Henning (23) in Los Angeles, California (divorced 1942)
Estée Lauder
Jan 15 Businesswoman Estee Mentzer (23) weds businessman Joseph Lauter (later Lauder)
Nelson Rockefeller
Jun 23 Businessman Nelson Rockefeller (21) weds Mary Todhunter Clark
Ralph Bunche
Jun 23 Diplomat Ralph Bunche (25) weds Ruth Harris
Emilio Aguinaldo
Jul 14 1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (61) weds second wife Maria Agoncillo (51) at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan
- Aug 2 Laurence McKinley Gould (33), American Geologist and Polar Explorer weds Margaret ("Peg") Rice in Ann Arbor, Michigan
H. L. Mencken
Aug 27 Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32) at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Thurgood Marshall
Sep 4 Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (21) weds Vivien Burey at First African Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Agatha Christie
Sep 11 Mystery writer Agatha Christie (39) weds archaeologist Max Mallowan (26)
Pablo Neruda
Dec 6 Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia