Famous Weddings & Divorces on January 17

Famous Weddings

38 BC Roman Republican Leader Octavian, later Augustus 1st Roman Emperor, weds Livia Drusilla

1926 American comedian George Burns (28) weds American comedienne Gracie Allen (31), until her death in 1964

1946 American actor John Wayne (38) weds actress Esperanza Baur (25) in Long Beach, California; divorce in 1954

1955 American murderer Charles Manson (20) weds American waitress Rosalie Jean Willis (17); divorce in 1958

1988 American magazine publisher Bob Guccione (57) weds South African dancer and actress Kathy Keeton (48), until her death in 1997

2015 English actor and comedian Stephen Fry (57) weds English stand-up comedian Elliott Spencer in Dereham, Norfolk, England

1990 NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (46) divorces Linda Kay Cooper after 26 years of marriage