Musicians Married and Divorced on August 16

1846 Opera Composer (The Barber of Seville) Gioachino Rossini marries 2nd wife Olympe Pélissier in Paris

1946 Famous ballet choreographer George Balanchine (42) weds ballerina Maria Tallchief (21)

1983 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon (41) weds American actress and writer Carrie Fisher (26); divorce 1984

1985 Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn on her 27th birthday

1968 Singer and actor Frank Sinatra and 3rd wife actress Mia Farrow divorce after 2 years of marriage