Famous Weddings & Divorces on February 16

Famous Weddings

1655 Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker

1734 Jurist William Allen (29) weds Margaret Hamilton

1784 American Revolutionary War patriot Ethan Allen (46) weds second wife Frances Montresor Brush Buchanan

1867 Prime Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald (52) weds Agnes Bernard (30) at St George's Church in Hanover Square, London

1948 American baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (41) weds actress Laraine Day (27) in Santa Monica, California; divorce in 1960

1955 Playwright Brendan Behan (32) weds Beatrice Salkeld at Donnybrook Church in Dublin, Ireland

1967 Hairdresser and businessman Vidal Sassoon (39) weds actress Beverly Adams (21)

1969 American country singer Tammy Wynette (26) weds American country singer-songwriter George Jones (37), divorced 1975

1974 MLB player Mike Schmidt (24) weds Donna Wightman

2011 Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupati (36) weds Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe (2000) Lara Dutta (32) at Bandra, Mumbai
2013 "Devious Maids" actress Dania Ramirez (33) weds director Bev Land on the beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2021 Actor Nicholas Cage marries for the fifth time to Riko Shibata at Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas