Famous Wedding Anniversaries on August 18

Famous Weddings

Henry IV of France

1572 Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) marries Margaret of Valois in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, in attempt to make truce between Catholics and Protestants but prompts St. Bartholomew's Day massacre days later

William Blake

1782 Romantic Age poet and artist William Blake (24) marries Catherine Boucher (19) in St. Mary's Church, Battersea, London

1867 Cosima Liszt marries Hans von Bülow, a pupil of her father, at St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin

Enrico Caruso

1918 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (45) weds American socialite Dorothy Benjamin (25) in New York City, until his death in 1921

Bette Davis

1932 American actress Bette Davis (24) weds American musician Harmon Nelson (25) in Yuma, Arizona; divorce in 1938

Carlene Carter

1979 British rock singer-songwriter Nick Lowe (30) weds American country singer Carlene Carter (23) (her third marriage); divorce in 1990

1984 Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes (22) weds Des Moines department store heiress Julie Anne Friedman (25) at London registrar's office

Newt Gingrich

2000 Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (57) weds former congressional aide Calista Bisek (34) in Alexandria, Virginia

2005 Model and former Playboy Playmate Kylie Bax (30) weds photographer Spiros Poros in Delos, Greece
2011 American Idol's first-ever blind finalist Scott MacIntyre (26) weds Christina Teich in Scottsdale, Arizona
2012 "Melrose Place" actor Grant Show (50) weds "The Campaign" actress and former ballet dancer Katherine LaNasa (45) at The Oak Grove at Ribbit Tree & Plant Nursery in Topanga, California
2012 Former "Martin and Everybody Hates Chris" actress Tichina Arnold (43) weds Rico Hines in Honolulu, Hawaii