Famous Weddings & Divorces on July 12

Famous Weddings

1472 Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminster Abbey.

Henry VIII

1543 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife)

Pablo Picasso

1918 Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (36) weds Russian ballet dancer and muse Olga Khokhlova (27), until her death in 1955

Fred Astaire

1933 Fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time Fred Astaire (34) weds socialite Phyllis Livingston Potter (25)

Jacques Cousteau

1937 Explorer Jacques Cousteau (27) weds scuba diver Simone Melchior (18) at Saint-Louis-des-Invalides in Paris

William Holden

1941 Actor William Holden (23) weds actress Brenda Marshall (25) in Las Vegas

Jimmy Johnson

1963 NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (19) weds Linda Kay Cooper

Micky Dolenz

1968 American "The Monkees" singer Micky Dolenz (23) weds British model and television presenter Samantha Juste (24); divorce in 1975

Elizabeth Warren

1980 US Senator Elizabeth Warren (31) weds law professor Bruce Mann

Robert Evans

1998 "Dynasty" actress Catherine Oxenberg (36) weds "Chinatown" film producer Robert Evans (68) in Beverly Hills, California. Marriage lasts nine days.

2007 World's tallest man who measures 7'9" Bao Xishun (56) weds Xia Shujian (28) in a traditional Mongolian ceremony at the tomb of Kublai Khan in Beijing, China
2008 "Black Eyed Peas" rapper Taboo (32) weds fashion publicist Jaymie Dizon (29) at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Pasadena, California
2015 Former football player Ledley King (35) weds long-term girlfriend Amy Kavanagh at Syon House in West London