Famous Weddings
Mike Ditka
Jan 28 NFL coach Mike Ditka (21) weds Marge Dougherty
Pablo Picasso
Mar 13 Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
Christopher Lee
Mar 17 Actor Christopher Lee (38) weds actress Gitte Lee (25)
Samuel Beckett
Mar 25 Playwright Samuel Beckett (54) weds Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil on a secret civil ceremony in England
Jim Bakker
Apr 1 American televangelist Jim Bakker (21) marries Christian singer Tammy Faye (19)
Lee Harvey Oswald
Apr 30 Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk USSR
Ray Nitschke
Jun 26 NFL Middle Linebacker Ray Nitschke (24) weds Jackie Forchette
Martha Stewart
Jul 1 Business magnate Martha Stewart (19) weds Andrew Stewart
Chinua Achebe
Sep 10 Nigerian novelist, critic and academic Chinua Achebe ("Things Fall Apart") marries Christie Okoli
Ted Williams
Sep 10 Baseball player Ted Williams marries model Lee Howard (divorced 1967)
- Oct 14 American"The Vampire Chronicles" author Anne O'Brien (20) weds American poet and painter Stan Rice (18) in Denton, Texas
Upton Sinclair
Oct 14 American "The Jungle" author Upton Sinclair (83) weds Mary Elizabeth Willis (79-ish)
Lucille Ball
Nov 19 American television comedy icon Lucille Ball (50) weds American stand-up comic Gary Morton (36) at Marble Collegiate Church, NYC, the second marriage for both
Mario Andretti
Nov 25 Racing car driver Mario Andretti (21) weds high school sweetheart Dee Ann Hoch (19)
- Dec 10 Dr Ruth marries Fred Westheimer
Martin Sheen
Dec 23 Actor Martin Sheen (21) weds Janet Templeton
