Famous Weddings & Divorces on April 26

Famous Weddings

Johan Willem Friso & Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel

1709 Frisian Stadtholder John William Friso marries Countess Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother & George VI

1923 English prince Albert Duke of York (George VI) (27) marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (22) at Westminster Abbey

1946 Father Divine, controversial religious leader claimed to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement

Lana Turner

1948 American movie actress Lana Turner (27) weds 3rd husband, millionaire socialite Henry J. "Bob" Topping, Jr, at the Topping family mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut; divorce in 1952

Arnold Schwarzenegger

1986 Actor and body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger (39) weds American journalist and newscaster Maria Shriver (30); divorce in 2011

Jorge Luis Borges

1986 Writer Jorge Luis Borges (86) weds author Maria Kodama (49) in Paraguay

Ice Cube

1992 Rapper and record producer Ice Cube (22) weds Kimberly Woodruff

1994 "Mad About You" actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34)
2014 Actor Brian Baumgartner (41) weds Celeste Ackelson in Los Angeles, California
2015 "The Vampire Diaries" actor Ian Somerhalder (36) weds Twilight actress Nikki Reed (26) in Malibu, California