Famous Weddings
- 1541 William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg marries Jeanne d'Albret, daughter of King Henry II of Navarre - against her will, she has to be carried to the altar (marriage annulled 1545)
Camille Pissarro
1871 Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (40) weds Julie Vellay in London
Scott Joplin
1904 Ragtime composer Scott Joplin (35) weds Freddie Alexander (19) in Arkansas
Ted Cassidy
1956 Actor Ted Cassidy (23) weds Margaret Helen
Nelson Mandela
1958 Nelson Mandela weds Winnie Madikizela
Betty White
1963 "The Golden Girls" actress Betty White (41) weds "Password" game show host Allen Ludden (45) at the Sands Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
Louis Jordan
1966 Musician Louis Jordan (58) weds singer and dancer Martha Weaver
Danielle Steel
1981 Novelist Danielle Steel (33) weds John Traina
Ernie Banks
1984 MLB baseball player Ernie Banks (53) weds Marjorie Wardlawholm
- 2008 Country singer Sara Evans (37) weds former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker (35) in Franklin, Tennessee
- 2013 90210 actor Matt Lanter (30) weds longtime girlfriend Angela Stacy at the Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California
- 2014 Grammy Award-winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain
Famous Divorces
- 1941 American stage and screen actress Tallulah Bankhead (39) divorces American actor John Emery (36) in Reno, Nevada after less than 4 years of marriage
Leo Durocher
1960 Actress Laraine Day (39) divorces manager Leo Durocher (53) due to incompatibility after 12 years of marriage
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