Famous Weddings
John Coltrane
Aug 4 Jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane (35) weds jazz harpist and pianist Alice Macleod
Mel Brooks & Anne Bancroft
Aug 5 American screenwriter and future film maker Mel Brooks (38) weds American actress Anne Bancroft (32) at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau; second marriage for both, until her death in 2005
Muhammad Ali
Aug 14 World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali (22) weds cocktail waitress Sonja Roi
Dick Cheney
Aug 29 46th US Vice President Dick Cheney (23) weds Lynne Ann Vincent (23) at the First Presbyterian Church of Casper in Wyoming
Famous Divorces
Jayne Mansfield
Aug 26 American actress Jayne Mansfield and Hungarian-American bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay's Mexican divorce is recognized by the state of California
Year of the Rabbit
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Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey