Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1949

Jan 28 NFL coach Tom Landry (24) weds Alicia Wiggs at St John the Divine Church in Houston, Texas

Feb 6 American diplomat Henry Kissinger (25) weds Ann Fleisher (23) in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NYC

Feb 22 Future Portuguese President Mário Soares (24) weds actress Maria de Jesus Barroso (24) at the 3rd Conservatory of the Civil Register of Lisbon

Mar 11 American CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (30) weds second wife American actress Buff Cobb (21) in Cook County, Illinois; divorce in 1955

Apr 30 Ice hockey goaltender Jacques Plante (20) weds Jacqueline Gagne in Quebec, Canada

May 21 British film director David Lean (41) weds British actress and producer Ann Todd (40) in London, England- third time for each; divorce in 1957

May 27 American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (31) weds Pakistani race horse owner Prince Aly Khan (37); separate in 1951, divorce finalized in 1953

May 29 Future President of Egypt Anwar Sadat (30) weds second wife, future human rights activist Jehan Raouf (15) in Egypt, entil his death in

Jun 11 American Actress Hattie McDaniel (54) weds interior decorator Larry Williams in Yuma, Arizona; divorce in 1950

Jun 11 American NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle (23) weds American artist Jane Coupe; divorce in 1972

Jun 12 Religious leader Jim Jones (18) weds nurse Marceline Baldwin

Jun 16 American "Mr. Television" Milton Berle (40) weds actress Joyce Matthews (29) for the second time; divorce for the second time in 1950

Jun 30 Austrian-American filmmaker Billy Wilder (43) weds American actress and singer Audrey Young (27), until his death in 2002

Jul 13 Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones (30) weds "Rebecca" film producer David O. Selznick (47) in Beverly Hills, California

Aug 9 Film and stage actor Jimmy Stewart (41) weds former model Gloria Hatrick McLean (31) at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles

Aug 11 Molecular biologist Francis Crick (33) weds artist Odile Speed (29)

Aug 12 Multi-Tony award-winning actress Angela Lansbury (23) weds actor and producer Peter Shaw (31) at St. Columba's Presbyterian Church of Scotland in London, England

Sep 1 American pop singer and actor Dean Martin weds second wife actress Jeanne Biegger; divorced in 1973

Sep 15 Figure skater and actress Sonja Henie (36) weds Winthrop Gardner Jr.

Sep 24 Retired American MLB outfielder Ty Cobb (61) weds American divorcée Frances Cass (40); divorce in 1956

Oct 1 Television host and comedian Johnny Carson (23) weds Joan Morrill Wolcott (23) at the North Platte Episcopalian Church

Oct 20 American constitutional lawyer Phyllis Stewart (25) weds attorney John Fred Schlafly, Jr.

Dec 20 "Gone With The Wind" actor Clark Gable (48) weds socialite Sylvia Ashley (45)

Dec 24 American linguist Noam Chomsky (21) weds childhood friend Carol Doris Schatz (19), until her death in 2008

Dec 25 British actor Cary Grant (45) weds actress Betsy Drake (26)

May 31 American singer and actress Doris Day (27) divorces American saxophonist George Weidler (23) after 3 years of marriage

Jun 8 Actor Burgess Meredith (41) divorces actress Paulette Goddard (39) after 5 years of marriage

Sep 7 American actress Janet Leigh (22) divorces American sailor Stanley Reames after almost 4 years of marriage