Wedding Anniversaries on December 8

Famous Weddings

Brigham Young

1872 American religious leader Brigham Young (71) weds his 55th and final wife, American poet Hannah Tapfield (68) in Salt Lake City, Utah

Bob Cousy

1950 NBA player Bob Cousy (22) weds his college sweetheart Missie Ritterbusch

John Diefenbaker

1953 Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker (58) weds second wife Olive Palmer (51) at Park Road Baptist Church in Toronto, Canada

  • 2007 "Happy Days" actor and legendary bachelor Scott Baio (46) weds longtime girlfriend Renee Sloan at a luxury high-rise in Los Angeles, California
  • 2007 American "Backstreet Boys" member Howie Dorough (34) weds longtime girlfriend, webmaster Leigh Boniello (33) at St. James Cathedral in Orlando, Florida

Famous Divorces

  • 2010 "Heart" rock singer Nancy Wilson (56) divorces "Almost Famous" and "Elizabethtown" director Cameron Crowe (53) due to irreconcilable differences after 24 years of marriage