Wedding Anniversaries on January 8

Famous Weddings

John C. Calhoun

1811 US Vice President John C. Calhoun (28) weds Floride Bonneau (19)

  • 1930 Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto

Burgess Meredith

1951 American actor Burgess Meredith (43) weds (his 4th and final time) Swedish-American ballerina Kaja Sundsten (21), until his death in 1997

Michael Caine

1973 Actor Michael Caine (40) weds model Shakira Baksh (25) at Candlelight Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada

Dorothy Hamill

1982 American figure skater Dorothy Hamill (25) weds singer and actor Dean Paul Martin (30); divorce in 1983

  • 2005 American rapper and actor Nas (32) weds R&B singer Kelis (25) at Morningside Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia; divorce in 2010
  • 2016 American country music singer Colton Dixon (24) weds longtime love Annie Coggeshall (27) in Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2017 Dutch-American "Dancing with the Stars" pro Louis Van Amstel (44) weds American health coach Joshua Lancaster (27) in Sundance, Utah

Ricky Martin

2018 Puerto Rican "Livin' la Vida Loca" singer Ricky Martin (46) reveals he has married Syrian-Swedish painter Jwan Yosef (33)


Famous Divorces

Louis XII

1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown

Jayne Mansfield

1958 Actress Jayne Mansfield and public relations manager Paul Mansfield's divorce is finalized, after 7-1/2 years of marriage

Roseanne Barr

1998 Roseanne Barr files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas