Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1950

Feb 17 Natural history broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel

Apr 14 American minor league pitcher and future Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda (22) weds Joan Miller in South Carolina

Apr 28 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand marries Mon Rajawongse Sirikit at Sra Pathum Palace after a quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland July 19, 1949.

Apr 29 American actor Sidney Poitier (23) weds model Juanita Hardy; divorce in 1965

May 6 American student, and aspiring actress, Vera Jayne (Palmer) Peers (later known as Jayne Mansfield) (17) weds American student Paul Mansfield (20), in Fort Worth, Texas; divorce in 1958

May 6 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (18) marries for the 1st time to American hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (23); divorce in 1951

May 7 Actor Jack Lemmon (25) weds tv actress Cynthia Stone (24)

Jun 17 US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (24) weds Ethel Skakel (22) at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Connecticut

Jul 28 Actress Bette Davis (42) weds actor Gary Merrill (34) in Mexico

Aug 17 Short story writer Dorothy Parker (57) weds screenwriter Alan Campbell (46)

Sep 30 First Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew (27) weds lawyer Kwa Geok Choo (29) in Singapore

Nov 17 Writer Jack Kerouac (28) weds Joan Haverty

Dec 8 NBA player Bob Cousy (22) weds his college sweetheart Missie Ritterbusch

Dec 16 American child actress Shirley Temple (22) weds 2nd husband US naval officer Charles Alden Black (31), at his parents' home, Del Monte, California

Dec 27 American actor Henry Fonda (45) weds socialite and third wife Susan Blanchard (22) in New York City; divorce in 1956

Dec 28 Author John Steinbeck (48) weds actress Elaine Anderson (36)

Dec 31 World heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano (27) weds Barbara Cousins in Brockton, Massachusetts

Mar 1 Actress Ingrid Bergman (34) divorces dentist Petter Aron Lindström after 12 years of marriage

Jul 5 Actress Bette Davis (42) divorces artist William Grant Sherry after more than 4 years of marriage