Famous Wedding Anniversaries on June 18

Famous Weddings

1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander (later William III) weds cousin Princess Sophia

Henrik Ibsen

1858 Norwegian modernist playwright "The Doll's House" Henrik Ibsen (30) marries Suzannah Thoresen (21) in Oslo

Martin Luther King Jr.

1953 Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (24) weds fellow activist and singer Coretta Scott (26) on the lawn of her parent’s home in Marion, Alabama; ceremony officiated by his father

Lew Hoad

1955 Former World No. 1 tennis player Lew Hoad (20) weds tennis player Jenny Staley (21) at St Mary's Church in Wimbledon, England

Rita Moreno

1965 Actress and singer Rita Moreno (33) weds cardiologist Leonard Gordon

1989 John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo
1992 Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
2005 "Queens Park Rangers" football striker Djibril Cisse (23) weds Jude Littler at Bodelwyddan Castle in Denbighshire, North Wales

Jerry Brown

2005 Politician Jerry Brown (67) weds businesswoman Anne Gust (47) in Oakland, California

2006 "Weezer" lead vocalist Rivers Cuomo (36) weds Kyoko Ito at a secluded beach on Paradise Cove in Malibu, California

Noel Gallagher

2011 British "Oasis" guitarist Noel Gallagher weds Scottish publicist Sara MacDonald at the Lime Wood Hotel, New Forest National Park, England

2011 British peer and brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, Charles Spencer (47) weds Canadian social entrepreneur and former model Karen Gordon (39) at Althorp House in Northamptonshire
2011 Reality TV Personality Toya Carter (27) weds "The Deal" TV host Mickey Wright in Atlanta
2012 R&B singer Bobby Brown (43) weds Alicia Etheridge in Honolulu, Hawaii
2015 Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Lindsay Arnold (21) weds highschool sweetheart Samuel Lightner Cusick in Salt Lake City
2016 Daughter of the Prince Michel de Ligne, Princess Alix de Ligne of Belgium (31) weds Earl Guillaume de Dampierre (31) at St Peter's Church in Belgium

Raven-Symoné

2020 Actress Raven-Symoné marries Miranda Maday

Famous Divorces

Howard Hughes

1971 Aviator Howard Hughes divorces 2nd wife Jean Peters after 14 years of marriage

2010 American "Saved by the Bell" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar (36) divorces former model Lisa Ann Russell (39) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage
2012 "The L Word" actress Laurel Holloman (41) divorces architect Paul Macherey (44) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 years of marriage