Famous Weddings
Samuel Johnson
1735 Author, poet, critic and lexicographer and writer of the first English dictionary Dr. Samuel Johnson (25) marries the widow Elizabeth "Tetty" Porter, 21 years his senior
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1842 American writer "The Scarlett Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne (38) marries painter and illustrator Sophia Peabody (33) in the Peabody's home, Boston
June Carter Cash
1952 American country singer June Carter (23) weds singer Carl "Mr. Country" Smith (25); divorce 1956
Fred Rogers
1952 American educator, Presbyterian minister and TV host Fred Rogers (24) weds American pianist and college sweetheart Sara Joanne Byrd until his death in 2003
Tom Seaver
1966 Major League Baseball pitcher Tom Seaver (21) weds Nancy Lynn McIntyre
- 1988 "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble
- 1999 Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (33) weds architect and yachtsman Carlos Morales Quintana (28) at St. Sophia Cathedral in London, England
- 2005 "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Diane Neal (28) weds Marcus Fitzgerald on a beach in the Dominican Republic
- 2005 Former Beverly Hills 90210 actress Tiffani Thiessen (31) weds actor-artist Brady Smith (33) at a private estate in Montecito, California
Chris Pratt & Anna Faris
2009 Actress Anna Faris (32) weds actor Chris Pratt (30) in a small ceremony in Bali, Indonesia
Derek Jeter
2016 Fashion model Hannah Davis (26) weds former Yankees player Derek Jeter (42) at Meadowood Napa Valley Resort in St. Helena, California
Famous Divorces
Anne of Cleves & Henry VIII
1540 English King Henry VIII annuls his 6 month marriage to his 4th wife Anne of Cleves, on the grounds of non-consummation and her pre-contract to Francis of Lorraine
- 2007 Former contestant on "The Apprentice" and beauty queen Jennifer Murphy (28) divorces "Extreme Makeover" Bill Dorfman (48) due to irreconcilable differences after 1 year of marriage