Famous Weddings & Divorces on December 17

Famous Weddings

1600 Religious wedding of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici at Lyon Cathedral

1915 Journalist Benito Mussolini marries Rachele Guidi in Treviglio Lombardy

1918 Philippine Senator (and later 2nd President) Manuel L. Quezon (40) weds first cousin Aurora Aragon (30) in Hong Kong

1955 Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (47) weds Cecilia Suyat

1969 40 million TV viewers watch American singer Tiny Tim (37) marry Miss Vicki Budinger (17), on "The Tonight Show"; divorce in 1977

1978 Star Wars actor Mark Hamill (26) weds dental hygienist Marilou York (23) on a civil ceremony

1985 Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong (33) weds Temasek Holdings CEO Ho Ching

1986 American actor Harry Morgan (71) weds Barbara Bushman

1993 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds designer Barbara Feltus (27); divorce in 2001

1994 Actress Heather Locklear (33) weds Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora (35) at The American Cathedral in Paris, France; divorce in 2007

1994 Queen of Pop Céline Dion (26) weds her manager Rene Angelil (52) at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Canada

2005 "Modern Day Drifter" country singer Dierks Bentley (30) weds Cassidy Black in Mexico
2005 Australian country singer Kasey Chambers (29) weds singer-songwriter Shane Nicholson in Avoca, New South Wales
2005 Race car driver Gary Paffett (24) weds his lady love Lisa in England
2006 Contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer Jaci Velasquez (27) weds "Salvador" lead singer Nic Gonzalez in Austin, Texas
2011 "The Descendants" actress Judy Greer (36) weds "Real Time with Bill Mahe"r co-executive producer Dean Johnsen at the Los Angeles Athletic Club
2011 Backstreet Boys member A. J. McLean (34) weds model Rochelle Karidis (30) in an outdoor wedding at Beverly Hills, California
2012 Minnesota Vikings football quarterback Christian Ponder (25) weds ESPN reporter Samantha Steele (27) in Hudson, Wisconsin

2007 Actor Dermot Mulroney (44) divorces actress Catherine Keener (48) due to irreconcilable differences after 17 years of marriage