Wedding Anniversaries on October 3

Famous Weddings

  • 1609 Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens weds his first wife, Flemish socialite Isabella Brant (17-ish) in St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands, until her death in 1626

Hector Berlioz

1833 French composer Hector Berlioz (29) weds Irish actress Harriet Smithson (30) at the British Embassy in Paris, France

Jerry Lewis

1944 American comedian Jerry Lewis (18) marries American singer Patti Palmer (22); divorce in 1980

Sparky Anderson

1953 American MLB player and future HOF manager Sparky Anderson (19) weds childhood sweetheart Carol Valle (18), until his death in 2010

Stephen Jay Gould

1965 American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (23) weds American artist Deborah Lee; divorce in 1995

John Major

1970 English politician and future Prime Minister of UK John Major (27) weds English school teacher Norma Johnson (28) at St Matthew's Church, Brixton

Lisa Marie Presley

1988 American "Princess of Rock and Roll" Lisa Marie Presley (20) weds American actor and musician Danny Keough (23) at the Church of Scientology in Hollywood, California; divorce in 1994

  • 1992 American "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor LeVar Burton (35) weds American make-up artist Stephanie Cozart (38)

Michelle & Barack Obama

1992 American lawyer and future US President Barack Obama (31) weds fellow American lawyer Michelle Robinson (28) in Chicago, Illinois

  • 1993 American evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker (52) weds American building contractor Roe Messner (58), the second marriage for both, until her death in 2007
  • 1998 American "The Today Show" co-host Matt Lauer (41) weds second wife, Dutch-born model Annette Roque (33) at Presbyterian Church in Bridgehampton, New York; divorce in 2019

Howard Stern

2008 American radio personality Howard Stern (54) weds second wife, American model and actress Beth Ostrosky (36) in Manhattan, New York