Famous Weddings & Divorces on June 19

Famous Weddings

1843 Philosopher Karl Marx (25) weds Jenny von Westphalen in Germany

1886 US President William Taft (28) weds Helen Herron (25) in Cincinnati, Ohio

1942 Actress Marilyn Monroe (16) marries first husband James Dougherty (21), a policeman

1948 "Cyrano de Bergerac" actor José Ferrer weds second wife actress Phyllis Hill

1953 Singer James Brown (20) weds Velma Warren at Trinity CME Church in Toccoa, Georgia

1965 NBA forward Bob Pettit (32) weds Carole Crowell in Alexandria, Louisiana

1969 Baseball manager Leo Durocher (63) weds socialite Lynne Walker Goldblatt (40) at the Ambassador West Hotel in Chicago

1976 King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Renate Sommerlath in Stockholm Cathedral, 1st Swedish reigning monarch to marry since 1797
1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
1993 Mandy Smith (Bill Wyman's ex-wife) weds Pat van den Hauwe

1999 Earl of Wessex Prince Edward (35) weds Sophie Rhys-Jones (34) at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

2006 "Lost" actress Emilie de Ravin (24) weds actor Josh Janowicz (24) in Melbourne, Australia
2006 "Savage Garden" pop singer Darren Hayes (34) weds animator Richard Cullen in London
2010 Crown Princess Victoria heir apparent of HM Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, weds Daniel Westling at Stockholm Cathedral

2009 "Malcolm in the Middle" actress Jane Kaczmarek (53) divorces actor Bradley Whitford (49) after 16 years of marriage
2010 Backup dancer Dean Sheremet (29) divorces Grammy Award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes (27) after nearly eight years of marriage