Famous Weddings
- 1661 Princess Henrietta of Orange-Nassau (16) weds Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans (20)
- 1822 Opera Composer (The Barber of Seville) Gioacchino Rossini marries 1st wife Opera Singer Isabella Colbran in Bologna
Wedding of Interest
1905 Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (30) weds Beatrice O'Brien
Guglielmo Marconi
Wedding of Interest
1939 Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Wedding of Interest
1985 Actress Maureen McCormick (28) weds Michael Cummings
Maureen McCormick
Wedding of Interest
1996 Sportscaster Pat Summerall (65) weds Cherilyn Burns in Florida
Pat Summerall
Wedding of Interest
2002 Oscar-winning entertainer Liza Minnelli (56) weds producer David Gest (48) at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City
Liza Minnelli
- 2006 Actress Divya Palat weds former MTV India VJ Aditya Hitkari at a temple in Matunga, India
Wedding of Interest
2006 Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss (58) weds Svetlana Erokhin in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Richard Dreyfuss
Famous Divorces
March in History
Boy Wonder Conquers Theatreland
Parliament was adjourned on this day so that MPs could grab their seats for a performance by Master Betty – the theatrical wonder of the age.
March 14, 1805Nature Blows Gunboat Diplomacy Out of the Water
The world's superpowers were prepared to use the power of their warships to control the Samoan Islands in the 1880s. But nature had other ideas.
March 15, 1889Snakes Alive! It's St Patrick's Day
Today is St Patrick’s Day – an event celebrated not just in Ireland but across the world, particularly in the United States with its large Irish communities.
March 17, 1776The First People To Hop On A Bus
It was an idea probably two centuries years ahead of its time, but public buses first took to the streets of Paris on this day in history.
March 18, 1662
