Famous Weddings & Divorces on June 16

Famous Weddings

William Booth & Catherine Booth

1855 Salvation Army founder William Booth marries Catherine Mumford

Thomas E. Dewey

1928 New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (26) weds stage actress Frances Eileen Hutt

Charlie Chaplin

1943 Actor/comedian Charlie Chaplin (54) marries actress Oona O'Neill (18)

Milton Berle

1949 Entertainer Milton Berle (40) marries actress Joyce Matthews (29) for the second time (divorced for the second time 1950)

Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath

1956 British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes weds American writer and poet Sylvia Plath at St George the Martyr Holborn in London, England

Jerry Springer

1973 American talk show host Jerry Springer (29) weds Micki Velton; divorce in 1984

Hugh Laurie

1989 Actor Hugh Laurie (30) weds theatre administrator Jo Green in Camden, London

  • 1996 Soap opera actress-singer Kassie Wesley (35) weds James De Paiva (39) in Morganfield, Kentucky
  • 2005 "American Idol" singer Bo Bice (29) weds Caroline Fisher at New Hope Presbyterian Church in Alabama

Jon Cryer

2007 "Two and a Half Men" actor Jon Cryer (41) weds entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner (40) at the Chapel at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Rod Stewart

2007 British singer Rod Stewart (62) weds model Penny Lancaster (36) in a cloistered medieval abbey at La Cervara

  • 2012 "Superbad" actress Aviva Farber (27) weds actor Ken Baumann (22) in Malibu, California
  • 2012 "Think Like a Man" and "Jumping the Broom" actress Meagan Good (30) weds Columbia Pictures VP DeVon Franklin (33) in Malibu, California
  • 2012 Supermodel Agyness Deyn (29) weds "Avatar" actor Giovanni Ribisi (36) in Los Angeles

Caroline Wozniacki & David Lee

2019 Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki marries NBA player David Lee in Castiglion del Bosco,Tuscany


Famous Divorces

Robert Evans

2006 Lady Victoria White (43) divorces legendary Hollywood film producer Robert Evans (76) due to irreconcilable differences only 10 months of marriage