Famous Weddings
Jayne Mansfield
May 6 American student, and aspiring actress, Vera Jayne (Palmer) Peers (later known as Jayne Mansfield) (17) weds American student Paul Mansfield (20), in Fort Worth, Texas; divorce in 1958
Elizabeth Taylor
May 6 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (18) marries for the 1st time to American hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (23); divorce in 1951
Jack Lemmon
May 7 Actor Jack Lemmon (25) weds tv actress Cynthia Stone (24)