Famous Weddings
Ulysses S. Grant
1848 Soldier and later US President Ulysses S. Grant (26) marries Julia Dent
Edward L. Doheny
1900 Oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny (44) weds Carrie Estelle Betzold in New Mexico Territory
Lester B. Pearson
1925 Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson (28) weds teacher Maryon Elspeth Moody (23)
Melvin Purvis
1931 FBI agent Melvin Purvis (27) weds childhood sweetheart Marie Rosanne Willcox at St. John's Episcopal Church in Florence, South Carolina
Jack Kerouac
1944 Writer Jack Kerouac (22) weds author Edie Kerouac Parker
- 1998 FOX News Channel correspondent and Robert F Kennedy's youngest son Douglas Kennedy (32) weds Molly Stark (29) in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Leni Riefenstahl
2003 Film director Leni Riefenstahl (101) weds cinematographer Horst Kettner (59)
Milla Jovovich
2009 Actress and model Milla Jovovich (36) weds film director Paul W. S. Anderson (47) in Beverly Hills, California
Kamala Harris
2014 California Attorney General Kamala Harris marries lawyer Douglas Emhoff in Santa Barbara
Famous Divorces
Charlie Chaplin & Lita Grey
1927 Actor Charlie Chaplin divorces his 2nd wife Lita Grey after 3 years of marriage in the largest divorce settlement at the time (US$600,000, plus trusts for children)
John Lennon
1968 Cynthia Lennon sues Beatle member John Lennon for divorce on grounds of adultery
Chris Rock
2016 American actor and comedian Chris Rock (31) divorces founder and executive director of StyleWorks Malaak Compton-Rock, after 19 years of marriage
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