Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1966

Feb 10 Reggae Musician Bob Marley (21) marries fellow musician Rita Anderson (19)

Feb 14 American pin-up model Bettie Page (43) weds lineman Harry Lear; divorce in 1972

Mar 17 The Who drummer Keith Moon (19) weds model Kim Kerrigan (18) at Brent Registry Office

Apr 9 Italian actress Sophia Loren (31) remarries Italian film producer Carlo Ponti (65) in Paris, France

Apr 16 Actor and comedian Michael Palin (22) weds Helen Gibbins

May 30 American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton (20) weds Carl Dean (23) in Ringgold, Georgia

Jun 14 Musician Louis Jordan (58) weds singer and dancer Martha Weaver

Jun 20 Tennis champ Rod Laver (27) weds Mary Benson at St. Luke's Presbyterian Church in San Rafael, California

Jul 9 American MLB pitcher Tom Seaver (21) weds Nancy Lynn McIntyre in Jacksonville, Florida, until his death in 2020

Jul 14 Sex symbol of the 1960s Brigitte Bardot (31) weds German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs (33) in Las Vegas

Jul 19 American saloon singer Frank Sinatra (50) marries American actress Mia Farrow (21) at the Las Vegas, Nevada home of casino executive Jack Entratter; divorce in 1968

Aug 7 Spanish bandleader and Latin music king Xavier Cugat (60) weds Spanish-American singer Charo (20?) at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 1978

Aug 27 American law student, and future politician, Joe Biden of Delaware (21) weds fellow Syracuse University student, and future teacher, Neilia Hunter (22) of Skaneateles, New York, at a Catholic church in Skaneateles

Aug 27 American sportscaster Al Michaels (21) weds Linda Stamaton

Sep 10 Actor John Lithgow (20) weds Jean Taynton

Nov 18 MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (55) weds actress Mary Jo Tarola

Nov 18 Writer Jack Kerouac (44) weds Stella Sampas

Dec 18 American actor Strother Martin (47) weds Helen Meisels (56), until his death in 1980

Jul 20 American actress Jayne Mansfield and American film producer and director Matt Cimber file for divorce, after less than 2 years of marriage