Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1946

Jan 17 American actor John Wayne (38) weds actress Esperanza Baur (25) in Long Beach, California; divorce in 1954

Feb 10 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum

Feb 18 MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (35) weds heiress Caral Gimbel in Sea Island, Georgia

Mar 14 American "For Whom The Bell Tolls" novelist Ernest Hemingway (46) weds for fourth and final time to American journalist Mary Welsh (37), until his death in 1961

Mar 30 American actress and singer Doris Day (23) weds American jazz saxophonist George Weidler (20); divorce in 1949

May 2 "Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (28) weds producer and actor William Dozier (38); divorce in 1951

May 6 Comedian Stan Laurel (55) marries for the 5th time actress Ida Kitaeva (47)

Jul 7 Naval cadet and future 39th US President Jimmy Carter (21) weds Rosalynn Smith (18) in Plains, Georgia

Jul 24 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Howard Hanson (49) weds Margaret Elizabeth Nelson at the Chautauqua Institution in New York

Aug 10 American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Moss Hart (41) weds American singer and actress Kitty Carlisle (35), until his death in 1961

Aug 26 "Gone With The Wind" actress Olivia de Havilland (30) weds screenwriter and novelist Marcus Goodrich; divorce in 1953

Dec 11 "Bill Haley & His Comets" rock 'n' roll musician Bill Haley (21) weds Dorothy Crowe; divorce in 1952

Dec 26 American actor Jackie Coogan (32) weds American actress Ann McCormack (22); divorce in 1951

Aug 8 Esta Krakower divorces mobster Bugsy Siegel (40) after 17 years of marriage