Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Jan 17 Actor John Wayne (38) weds actress Esperanza Baur in Long Beach, California
John Wayne
Wedding of Interest
Feb 10 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
Jackie Robinson
Wedding of Interest
Feb 18 MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (35) weds heiress Caral Gimbel in Sea Island, Georgia
Hank Greenberg
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Mar 14 American author and journalist "The Old Man and the Sea" Ernest Hemingway marries Mary Welsh
Ernest Hemingway
- Apr 26 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
Wedding of Interest
May 2 "Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (28) weds producer and actor William Dozier (38)
Joan Fontaine
Wedding of Interest
May 6 Comedian Stan Laurel (55) marries for the 5th time actress Ida Kitaeva (47)
Stan Laurel
Wedding of Interest
Jul 7 39th US President Jimmy Carter (21) weds Rosalynn Smith (18) in Plains, Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Wedding of Interest
Jul 24 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Howard Hanson (49) weds Margaret Elizabeth Nelson at the Chautauqua Institution in New York
Howard Hanson
- Aug 10 Author and founder of the Scientology cult L. Ron Hubbard (35) weds Sara Northrup Hollister
Wedding of Interest
Aug 16 Famous ballet choreographer George Balanchine (42) weds ballerina Maria Tallchief (21)
George Balanchine
Maria Tallchief
Wedding of Interest
Aug 26 "Gone with the Wind" actress Olivia de Havilland weds screenwriter and novelist Marcus Goodrich
Olivia de Havilland
- Dec 11 "Bill Haley & His Comets" rock and roll musician Bill Haley (21) weds Dorothy Crowe
Wedding of Interest
Dec 26 Actor Jackie Coogan (32) weds Ann McCormack (22)
Jackie Coogan
Famous Divorces
Divorce of Interest
Aug 8 Esta Krakower divorces mobster Bugsy Siegel (40) after 17 years of marriage
Bugsy Siegel