Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1968

Jan 20 Actress Sharon Tate (24) weds actor/director Roman Polanski (34) in Chelsea, London

Feb 20 Comedian John Cleese (Monty Python) marries actress Connie Booth

Mar 1 Singer-songwriter and actress June Carter (38) weds singer-songwriter Johnny Cash (36) at a church in Franklin, Kentucky

Apr 28 Business magnate Alan Sugar (21) weds hairdresser Ann Simons in Great Portland Street Synagogue

May 20 "The Who" guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend (23) weds Karen Astley in England

Jul 8 MLB baseball player Reggie Jackson (22) weds his college sweetheart Jennie Campos

Aug 2 Later President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (21) weds lawyer Jose Miguel Arroyo (22)

Aug 6 Children's author Theodor Geisel [Dr. Seuss] (64) weds Audrey Stone Dimond

Aug 9 Detective writer Erle Stanley Gardner (79) weds his long-time secretary Agnes Jean Bethell

Sep 5 Author Ken Follett (19) weds Mary Emma Ruth Elson

Sep 16 Actress Sally Field weds Steven Craig

Sep 30 Jazz musician Miles Davis (42) weds singer Betty Mabry (23)

Oct 5 "The Dirty Dozen" actor Charles Bronson (46) weds Jill Ireland

Oct 17 Jazz trumpeter Quincy Jones Jr (35) weds actress Ulla Andersson (22)

Oct 20 Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios

Oct 26 Lawyer and politician Rudy Giuliani (24) weds second cousin Regina Peruggi (22) in a large Roman Catholic ceremony in Bedford Park, The Bronx

Oct 31 Singer Davy Jones (22) weds actress Linda Haines

Nov 9 Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant (19) weds Maureen Wilson (19)

Dec 22 Author and cooking show host Ina Garten (20) weds dean Jeffrey Garten

Aug 8 Actor Jack Nicholson (31) divorces Sandra Knight (28) after 6 years of marriage

Aug 16 Singer/actor Frank Sinatra and 3rd wife actress Mia Farrow divorce after 2 years of marriage

Aug 22 Cynthia Lennon sues Beatle member John Lennon for divorce on grounds of adultry

Nov 9 Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (26) divorces first wife Marlynn Myers after 4 years of marriage

Dec 18 Actor Peter Sellers (43) divorces actress Britt Ekland after 4 years of marriage