Famous Weddings
Jack Benny
Jan 14 American comedian Jack Benny (32) weds American salesgirl Sadie Marks (later known as Mary Livingstone) (22) at the Clayton Hotel in Waukegan, Illinois, until his death in 1974
- Apr 23 Mary Barbara Hamilton (25,)best-selling British romantic author, marries 1st husband Alexander McQorquodale
Ernest Hemingway
May 10 American "The Sun Also Rises" novelist Ernest Hemingway (27) weds for second time, to American journalist Pauline Pfeiffer (31); divorce in 1940
Fredric March
May 30 Academy Award-winning actor Fredric March (29) marries actress Florence Eldridge
Marcel Duchamp
Jun 8 Painter Marcel Duchamp (39) weds Lydie Sarazin-Lavassor
Guglielmo Marconi
Jun 12 Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (53) weds Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
Benjamin Spock
Jun 25 Pediatrician Benjamin Spock (24) weds civil liberties advocate Jane Cheney
Bernard Montgomery
Jul 27 British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (39) weds Elizabeth Carver in Chiswick, England
Graham Greene
Oct 15 Writer Graham Greene (23) weds Vivien Dayrell-Browning at St. Mary's Church in Hampstead, North London
- Nov 26 Future Sound of Music matriarch and folk star Maria Augusta Kutschera (22) marries naval captain Georg von Trapp (47) in Salzburg, Austria
Chiang Kai-shek & Soong Mei-ling
Dec 1 Chinese political and military leader Chiang Kai-shek (40) weds Soong Mei-ling (28) in Shanghai
Famous Divorces
Ernest Hemingway
Mar 10 American "The Sun Also Rises" novelist Ernest Hemingway (27) and 1st wife Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (35) divorce after 6 years of marriage
Guglielmo Marconi
Apr 27 Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (53) divorces Beatrice O'Brien after 22 years of marriage
Charlie Chaplin & Lita Grey
Aug 22 Actor Charlie Chaplin divorces his 2nd wife Lita Grey after 3 years of marriage in the largest divorce settlement at the time (US$600,000, plus trusts for children)
Frank Lloyd Wright
Aug 26 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (60) divorces artist Maude Noel after almost 4 years of marriage
