Famous Weddings
Jules Verne
1857 Novelist Jules Verne (28) weds Honorine de Viane Morel
Wyatt Earp
1870 American lawman Wyatt Earp (21) weds Urilla Sutherland (20) in Lamar, Missouri, until her death in August of the same year
Henri Matisse
1898 Painter Henri Matisse (28) weds Amélie Noellie Parayre
Burgess Meredith
1936 Actor Burgess Meredith (28) weds actress Margaret Perry (22)
Ava Gardner & Mickey Rooney
1942 Actress Ava Gardner (19) weds actor Mickey Rooney (21) in Ballard, California
T. S. Eliot
1957 Poet T. S. Eliot (68) marries his 2nd wife editor Esmé Valerie Fletcher (30)
- 1967 Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven
Barry Bonds
1998 Major League Baseball outfielder Barry Bonds (33) weds Elizabeth Watson (28) at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco
Fergie & Josh Duhamel
2009 "The Black Eyed Peas" singer Fergie (33) weds actor Josh Duhamel (36) at Church Estate Vineyards in Malibu, California
Famous Divorces
Napoléon Bonaparte
1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine
Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks
1936 Actress Mary Pickford (44) divorces actor Douglas Fairbanks (52) after 15 years of marriage
Christopher Plummer
1967 Actor Christopher Plummer (37) divorces columnist Patricia Lewis after nearly 5 years of marriage
James Brown
1981 Singer James Brown (47) divorces Deidre Jenkins after 10 years of marriage
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