Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1994

Jan 1 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)

Feb 3 Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok

Feb 14 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons (40) in Tiburon, California

Apr 16 American singer and piano player Harry Connick, Jr. (26) weds American model Jill Goodacre (30) at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana

Apr 16 Actor Dudley Moore (58) weds actress Nicole Rothschild; divorced in 1998

Apr 30 Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36)

May 14 Software salesman Todd Beamer (25) weds Lisa Brosious in Peekskill, New York

May 21 American country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds American roots-rock bassist Robert Reynolds (32); divorce in 1999

May 21 ABC Sports President Roone Arledge (62) weds third wife Gigi Shaw

May 26 American King Of Pop, Michael Jackson (35) weds King of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) in La Romana, Dominican Republic

May 27 Radio personality Rush Limbaugh (43) weds wife No. 3, aerobic instructor Marta Fitzgerald (35), at the home of US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas; divorced 2004

Jun 12 Astronaut Neil Armstrong (63) marries second wife Carol Held Knight

Jul 2 "Green Day" vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong (22) weds Adeline Records co-owner Adrienne Nesser (24)

Jul 3 Actress Natasha Richardson (31) weds actor Liam Neeson (42) at a private ceremony in New York

Jul 10 Fred Norris (from the Howard Stern Show) marries Allison Furman

Jul 29 Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour marries 2nd wife writer Polly Samson

Aug 30 R&B singer R. Kelly (25) weds Aaliyah (15) illegally in Rosemont, Illinois (later annulled)

Oct 1 Actress Whoopi Goldberg (38) weds labor union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg in California

Dec 17 Actress Heather Locklear (33) weds Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora (35) at The American Cathedral in Paris, France

Dec 17 Queen of Pop Céline Dion (26) weds her manager Rene Angelil (52) at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Canada

Jan 29 Actor Bill Murray (43) divorces Margaret Kelly after 13 years of marriage

Mar 26 American 'Piano Man' Billy Joel (45) and American supermodel Christie Brinkley (40) divorce after 9 years of marriage

Apr 7 Actress Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton

Apr 18 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold

Apr 26 Actor Patrick Dempsey (28) divorces manager Rocky Parker after nearly 7 years of marriage

Apr 28 Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough

May 10 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)

Jun 24 Sally Fields files for divorce from 2nd husband Alan Greisman

Dec 1 Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere announce they are separating