Famous Weddings & Divorces on October 11

Famous Weddings

Louis Armstrong

1938 American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (37) weds longtime girlfriend Alpha Smith; divorce in 1942

Fidel Castro

1948 Fellow students Fidel Castro and Mirta Diaz-Balart marry (divorced 1955)

Corazon Aquino

1954 Philippine president Corazon Aquino (21) weds Tarlac governor Benigno Aquino Jr (22) in Pasay City, Philippines

Hillary & Bill Clinton

1975 Future US President Bill Clinton (29) weds future US Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (28) in a Methodist ceremony in their living room in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Joe Cocker

1987 British rock and blues singer Joe Cocker (43) weds Pam Baker

  • 1997 "Charlie's Angels" actress Jaclyn Smith (52) weds Chicago heart surgeon Bradley Allen (43) at United Westwood Methodist Church
  • 2003 "The West Wing" actress Annabeth Gish (32) weds former "The X-Files" stunt man Wade Allen at The Sea Ranch Lodge

Alyson Hannigan & Alexis Denisof

2003 American Pie star Alyson Hannigan (29) weds Angel's Alexis Denisof (37) at the Two Bunch Palms Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, California

  • 2009 "Mad Men" actress Christina Hendricks (37) weds actor Geoffrey Arend (34) at the couple's favorite Il Buco restaurant in New York City

Famous Divorces

Betty Grable & Jackie Coogan

1939 Actor Jackie Coogan (24) divorces actress Betty Grable (22) after 2 years of marriage