Famous Weddings & Divorces on August 12

Famous Weddings

Davy Crockett

1806 Frontiersman Davy Crockett (20) weds Polly Finley in Tennessee

Sam Snead

1940 PGA golfer Sam Snead (28) weds high school sweetheart Audrey Karnes

1941 "I Love Lucy" actress Vivan Vance (32) weds actor Philip Ober (39)

Angela Lansbury

1949 Multi-Tony award-winning actress Angela Lansbury (23) weds actor and producer Peter Shaw (31) at St. Columba's Presbyterian Church of Scotland in London, England

William Shatner

1956 Canadian "Star Trek" actor William Shatner (25) weds Gloria Rand; divorce in 1969

1976 American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (35) weds (for third, and final time) Ireland's Una O'Keeffe (22) at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles, California; Ringo Starr serves as best man

John Denver

1988 American singer-songwriter John Denver (44) weds Australian actress Cassandra Delaney (26); divorce in 1993

2000 "Saturday Night Live" actor-comedian Will Ferrell (33) weds Swedish actress Viveca Paulin (31)
2006 "Syfy" actor Sam Huntington (24) weds actress Rachel Klein in Hancock, New Hampshire
2006 Phil McGraw's son and "Renovate My Family" host Jay McGraw (27) weds former Playboy playmate Erica Dahm (28) in Beverly Hills, California
2011 Actress and model Brooke Burke (40) weds singer/actor David Charvet (39) in St. Barthelemy, Guadeloupe
2016 Singer-songwriter Ray J (35) weds Princess Love at the Vibiana in Los Angeles