Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1938

Jan 1 Comedian Stan Laurel (47) marries 3rd wife Vera Ivanova Shuvalova

Mar 26 Writer Walter Lippmann (48) weds second wife Helen Byrne Armstrong

Apr 10 NFL quarterback Sammy Baugh (24) weds his college sweetheart Edmonia Smith in Sweetwater, Texas

Jun 20 British actor Alec Guinness (24) weds British actress and artist Merula Sylvia Salaman (23) in Surrey, England, until his death in 2000

Jun 25 Economist Milton Friedman (25) weds Rose Friedman at the Jewish Seminary in New York City

Jul 18 Physicist and Nobel laureate John Bardeen (30) weds Jane Maxwell

Oct 11 American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (37) weds longtime girlfriend Alpha Smith; divorce in 1942

Oct 23 SS Officer Amon Göth (29) weds Anny Geiger in a civil ceremony

Jul 19 Actor Burgess Meredith (30) divorces actress Margaret Perry (25) after 2 years of marriage

Sep 30 Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (37) divorces pianist Lil Armstrong (40) after more than 14 years of marriage

Dec 6 Actress Bette Davis (30) divorces musician Harmon Nelson (31) after more than 6 years of marriage