Famous Weddings
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Jan 4 Composer Irving Berlin (37) weds heiress Ellin Mackay in a simple civil ceremony

Irving Berlin
- Jan 17 Comedian George Burns marries comedienne Gracie Allen
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Mar 13 Country singer Maybelle Carter (17) weds Ezra Carter

Maybelle Carter
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Jul 10 Cuban president Fulgencio Batista (25) weds Elisa Godínez y Gómez (25)

Fulgencio Batista
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Aug 13 Comedian Stan Laurel (36) marries 1st wife actress Lois Neilson (30)

Stan Laurel
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Aug 26 Poet Arna Bontemps (24) weds fellow Seventh-Day Adventist Alberta Johnson

Arna Bontemps
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Sep 25 Outlaw Bonnie Parker (15) weds Roy Thornton

Bonnie Parker
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Sep 29 Canadian-American actress Norma Shearer weds film producer Irving Thalberg

Norma Shearer
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Oct 4 Chemist Irene Joliot-Curie (29) weds physicist Frédéric Joliot (26) in Paris, France

Irene Joliot-Curie
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Oct 18 Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh (36) weds midwife Zeng Xueming (21) in Guangzhou

Ho Chi Minh
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Oct 19 Pathologist Howard Florey (28) weds Ethel Reed at Holy Trinity Church in Paddington, New South Wales

Howard Florey
- Nov 10 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
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Dec 2 Film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock (27) weds director Alma Reville (27) at Brompton Oratory in London

Alfred Hitchcock
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Dec 5 Gangster Carlo Gambino (24) weds his first cousin Catherine Castellano

Carlo Gambino
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Dec 18 Actor George Murphy (24) weds ballroom dancing partner Juliette Henkel

George Murphy