Famous Weddings
Hermann Goering
Apr 10 Nazi politician Hermann Goering (42) weds Emmy Sonnemann (42) in Berlin
- May 24 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
Pearl S. Buck
Jun 11 American "The Good Earth" novelist Pearl S. Buck (42) weds her American publisher Robert Walsh (52), in Reno, Nevada; until his death in 1960
Edith Piaf
Aug 19 French singer Édith Piaf (19) weds Andrew Johnseppe in Belleville, Paris, France
Stan Laurel
Sep 28 Comedian Stan Laurel (45) marries 2nd wife actress Virginia Ruth Rogers
Jane Wyatt
Nov 9 "Magnificent Obsession" actress Jane Wyatt (24) weds investment broker Edgar Bethune Ward in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Percy Lavon Julian
Dec 24 Chemist Percy Lavon Julian weds sociologist Anna Roselle Johnson
Famous Divorces
Mary Astor
Apr 12 American actress Mary Astor (28) divorces Dr. Franklyn Thorpe after 4 years of marriage
Pearl S. Buck
Jun 11 American "The Good Earth" novelist Pearl S. Buck (42) divorces American agricultural economist John Lossing Buck (44), in Reno, Nevada after 18 years of marriage