Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1965

Jan 1 American novelist Michael Crichton (22) weds high school sweetheart Joan Radam; divorce in 1970

Feb 11 Beatle drummer Ringo Starr (25) weds British hairdresser Maureen Cox (18) at the Caxton Hall Register Office, London; divorce in 1975

Mar 26 Playwright Tom Stoppard (28) weds nurse Josie Ingle

May 15 Director Martin Scorsese (22) weds Laraine Brennan in New York

May 25 Boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson (44) weds Millie Bruce in Los Angeles

Jun 18 Actress and singer Rita Moreno (33) weds cardiologist Leonard Gordon

Jun 19 Canadian folk singer-songwriter Joni Anderson (henceforth known as Joni Mitchell) weds American folk singer Chuck Mitchell in Port Huron, Michigan; divorce in 1967

Jun 19 NBA forward Bob Pettit (32) weds Carole Crowell in Alexandria, Louisiana

Jun 22 American movie actress Lana Turner (44) weds 6th husband, movie producer Robert P. Eaton (34) in Arlington, Virginia; divorce in 1969

Jun 28 American country singer Merle Haggard (28) weds singer Bonnie Owens (35); divorce in 1978

Jul 3 American Navy pilot John McCain (28) weds first wife American model Carol Shepp (27-ish); divorce in 1980)

Jul 15 Actress Joan Rivers (32) weds TV producer Edgar Rosenberg

Aug 14 Former fashion model and fitness guru Jane Fonda (27) weds director and producer Roger Vadim (37) in Las Vegas

Aug 26 Mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill (22) weds Karen Friedman in North Carolina; separate in 1989; divorce in 2002

Sep 17 American future tennis star Billie Jean Moffitt (21) weds American future attorney and sports promoter Larry King (20) in Long Beach, California; divorce in 1987

Sep 25 American romance novelist Danielle Steel (18) weds French-American banker Claude-Eric Lazard; separate in 1972, divorce in 1975

Oct 3 American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (23) weds American artist Deborah Lee; divorce in 1995

Oct 7 Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller (48) weds actor Warde Donovan

Nov 14 American singer and actress Judy Garland (43) weds American actor Mark Herron (37); divorce in 1969

Nov 22 American folk singer Bob Dylan (24) weds American model and actress Sara Lowndes (26); divorce in 1977

Dec 2 Comedian Tony Hancock (40) weds publicist Freddie Ross (35)