Famous Weddings
Henry VIII
1540 English King Henry VIII (49) marries Catherine Howard (16 or 17), his 5th wife
Anne Stuart
1683 Anne Stuart, later the British Queen Anne, marries Prince George of Denmark at the Chapel Royal
Jonathan Edwards
1727 Philosopher Jonathan Edwards (23) weds Sarah Pierpont
Otto von Bismarck
1847 Future German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (32) weds noblewoman Johanna von Puttkamer (23) in Kolczyglowy, Poland
Joseph Stalin
1906 Future dictator of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin (27) weds Ekaterina Svanidze (21) at St. David's Church in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia)
Bette Davis
1950 Actress Bette Davis (42) weds actor Gary Merrill (34) in Mexico
- 1957 "Wuthering Heights" actress Merle Oberon (46) weds Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai; divorce in 1975
Lenny Wilkens
1962 NBA player Lenny Wilkens (24) weds Marilyn Reed
Farrah Fawcett
1973 "Charlie's Angels" actress Farrah Fawcett (26) weds "The Six Million Dollar Man" actor Lee Majors (34) at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1982
Vladimir Putin
1983 Russian president Vladimir Putin (30) weds flight attendant Lyudmila Shkrebneva (25)
Roger Waters
1993 Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters (49) weds (his third time) Priscilla Phillips; divorce in 2001
Nick Faldo
2001 Six-time British golf champion Nick Faldo (44) weds third wife, Swiss public relations agent Valerie Bercher in a lavish ceremony at his Windsor, England home; divorce in 2006
Steve Martin
2007 Comedian and actor Steve Martin (61) weds Anne Stringfield (35) at his Los Angeles home
- 2012 "Franklin & Bash" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar (38) weds advertising executive Catriona McGinn at the Sunstone winery in Santa Ynez, California
Famous Divorces
Ernest Borgnine & Ethel Merman
1964 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) divorces Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) after 32 days of marriage