Famous Weddings
Harvey S. Firestone
1895 American businessman and tire maker Harvey Firestone (26) weds American composer Idabelle Smith (21)
Hiram Bingham
1900 Archaeologist Hiram Bingham (25) weds Tiffany heiress Alfreda Mitchell in Honolulu, Hawaii
Muddy Waters
1932 American blues musician Muddy Waters (19 or 21) weds American Mabel Berry; divorce in 1935
Jackie Coogan & Betty Grable
1937 American actor Jackie Coogan (23) weds American actress Betty Grable (20) at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Los Angeles; divorce in 1939
Eileen Ford
1944 Model agency executive Eileen Ottensoser (22) weds businessman Gerard W. Ford (20) in San Francisco, California
Elizabeth II & Prince Philip
1947 Future British Queen Princess Elizabeth II (21) weds Lt Philip Mountbatten (26) in Westminster Abbey, London
Johnny Unitas
1954 NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas (21) weds his high school sweetheart Dorothy Hoelle
Steve Martin
1986 Comedian and actor Steve Martin (41) weds actress Victoria Tennant (36)
Luke Perry
1993 Actor Luke Perry (27) weds Minnie Sharp (24) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills
- 1994 Patti Davis weds Paul Hayeland
- 2001 ABC News political analyst George Stephanopoulos (40) weds actress Alexandra Wentworth (36) at Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan
- 2005 Bollywood actor Zayed Khan (25) weds Malaika Parekh at the Grand Maratha Sheraton in Mumbai, India
Famous Divorces
Hulk Hogan
2007 Linda Bollea (46) divorces professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (53) after 23 years of marriage
Rupert Murdoch
2013 Business magnate Rupert Murdoch (82) divorces Wendi Deng (44) due to irreconcilable differences after 13 years of marriage
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