Famous Weddings
John Maynard Keynes
Aug 4 British economist John Maynard Keynes (42) weds Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova (33)
Zhou Enlai
Aug 8 China's Premier Zhou Enlai (27) weds Deng Yingchao (21) in Guangzhou
James Chadwick
Aug 11 British physicist James Chadwick (33) weds Aileen Stewart-Brown in Liverpool, England
Lester B. Pearson
Aug 22 Future Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson (28) weds Canadian teacher Maryon Elspeth Moody (23), until his death in 1972
Kate Sheppard
Aug 25 Suffragette Kate Sheppard (78) weds printer and author William Sidney Lovell-Smith (72) in Christchurch, New Zealand
Famous Divorces
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Aug 5 Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (44) divorces wife Latife Hanim after 2 years of marriage