Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
1937 Film director D. W. Griffith (61) weds actress Evelyn Baldwin (26)
D. W. Griffith
Wedding of Interest
1984 Tennis player Yannick Noah (23) weds beauty queen Cecilia Rodhe (22) in Cameroon
Yannick Noah
Famous Divorces
Divorce of Interest
1920 Actress Mary Pickford (27) divorces actor Owen Moore (33) after 9 years of marriage
Mary Pickford
Divorce of Interest
1936 Film director D. W. Griffith (61) divorces Linda Arvidson (50) after 30 years of marriage
D. W. Griffith
Divorce of Interest
1976 Second wife Carole Hoff divorces serial killer John Wayne Gacy (33) after 3 years of marriage
John Wayne Gacy
- 1993 Novelist Salman Rushdie (Satanic Verses) divorces Marianne Wiggins
March in History
Swinging Miller Puts Fans In The Mood
Glenn Miller, the band leader who was born on this day, managed to create a unique sound that put fans In The Mood for his brand of swinging music.
March 1, 1904Oscar Hopes Sunk for 'Titanic' Movie Cast
Titanic broke all kinds of records after its release in 1997, but the acclaim that it received failed to be reflected on the cast at the Academy Awards.
March 2, 1998Carmen – the Show that Shocked Paris
Carmen, the opera about a sensuous woman who seduces a soldier, had its premiere on this day and dismissed as a flop. Today, it is performed all over the world.
March 3, 1875Arise, Sir Charlie Chaplin
He waited a lifetime for it, but on this day silent screen star Charlie Chaplin was finally honoured by the country where he was born.
March 4, 1975
