Famous Weddings
Paul Gauguin
1892 Painter Paul Gauguin marries Teha'amana, a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
Hattie McDaniel
1911 American actress Hattie McDaniel (16) weds pianist Howard Hickman (30) in Denver, Colorado
Hermann Hesse
1924 German-Swiss poet and novelist Hermann Hesse (36) weds Swiss soprano and painter Ruth Wenger (26); divorce in 1927
Stan Laurel
1941 Comedian Stan Laurel and actress Virginia Ruth Rogers remarry for the 2nd time
Pete Maravich
1976 NBA player Pete Maravich (27) weds college sweetheart Jackie Elliser in Metairie, Louisiana, until his death in 1988
Idina Menzel
2003 "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" actor Taye Diggs (32) weds broadway actress Idina Menzel (31) at Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica
- 2003 "The Sixth Sense" actress-singer Toni Collette (30) weds musician Dave Galafassi in a Buddhist ceremony near Sydney, Australia
- 2023 Princess 'Azemah Ni'matul Bolkiah of Brunei daughter of the Sultan of Brunei marries her cousin Prince Bahar ibni Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei [1]
Famous Divorces
- 1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK