Wedding Anniversaries on February 24

Famous Weddings

  • 1613 English princess Elizabeth marries Earl Frederik of Palts

John Milton

1662 English Poet and author of "Paradise Lost" John Milton marries 3rd wife Elizabeth Mynshull, 31 years his junior.

Thomas Edison

1886 Inventor Thomas Edison (38) marries 2nd wife Mina Miller (20) in Akron, Ohio

Kim Philby

1934 High-ranking member of British intelligence Kim Philby (22) weds communist Litzi Friedmann in Vienna, Austria

Bill Walton

1979 NBA player Bill Walton (26) weds Susan Guth

Joe Montana

1985 NFL quarterback Joe Montana (28) weds actress and model Jennifer Wallace

Tim Burton

1989 Film director Tim Burton (30) weds photographer Lena Gieseke

Courtney Love & Kurt Cobain

1992 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (27) weds lead singer Kurt Cobain (25) on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii

Ajay Devgan

1999 Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan (29) weds actress Kajol Mukherjee (24) on a traditional Maharashtrian style ceremony in Juhu, Varsha

Marion Jones

2007 American former world champion track and field athlete Marion Jones (31) weds Barbadian Olympic sprinting bronze medalist Obadele Thompson (30) at the Union Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilson's Mills, North Carolina