Famous Weddings & Divorces on December 19

Famous Weddings

1813 Future business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt (19) marries his cousin Sophia Johnson

1895 Poet Robert Frost (21) weds Elinor Miriam White in Lawrence, Massachusetts

1912 Author Colette (39) weds "Le Matin" newspaper editor Henri de Jouvenel

1919 Composer and songwriter Cole Porter (28) weds socialite Linda Lee Thomas (36)

1931 Propagandist Joseph Goebbels (34) weds Magda Ritschel (30) at Günther Quandt's farm in Mecklenburg, Germany

1975 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (45) weds Beverly Zile

1987 Retired baseball catcher Johnny Bench (40) weds Laura Cwikowski

1998 American actress Vivica A. Fox (34) weds American singer Christopher Harvest at the Park Plaza in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2002
2009 American pop singer, musician, and actor Kevin Jonas (22) weds Danielle Deleasa (23) at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York