Weddings & Divorces in History in 1947

Mar 1 Rocket engineer Wernher von Braun (34) weds Maria Luise von Quistorp in Landshut, Germany

Jun 7 US Senator Edward W. Brooke (27) weds first wife Remigia Ferrari-Scacco

Nov 20 Future British Queen Princess Elizabeth II (21) weds Lt Philip Mountbatten (26) in Westminster Abbey, London

Dec 5 "Spider-Man" creator Stan Lee (24) weds Joan Clayton Boocock

Dec 26 President of Indonesia Suharto (26) weds Siti Hartinah (24) in Surakarta at a traditional Javanese ceremony