Famous Wedding Anniversaries on June 24

Famous Weddings

Woodrow Wilson

1885 College professor and future 28th US President Woodrow Wilson (28) weds Presbyterian minister's daughter and artist Ellen Louise Axson (25) in Savannah, Georgia, until her death in 1914

Arthur Meighen

1904 Prime Minister of Canada Arthur Meighen (30) weds Canadian Jessie Isabel Cox (22), until his death in 1960

Walter Johnson

1914 MLB greatest pitcher Walter Johnson (26) weds Hazel Lee Roberts in Northwest, Washington, D.C., until her death in 1930

Henry Miller

1924 American writer Henry Miller (31) marries 2nd wife June Smerth (21) in Hoboken, New Jersey; divorce in 1934

John Wayne

1933 American actor John Wayne (26) weds Josephine Saenz (25) in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1945

Byron Nelson

1934 American professional golfer Byron Nelson (22) weds American Louise Shofner (21), until her death in 1985

O.J. Simpson

1967 American NFL running back, broadcaster, actor, and later criminal O.J. Simpson (19) weds high school sweetheart Marguerite Whitley (18); divorce in 1979

Fred Astaire

1980 American dancer-actor-singer Fred Astaire (81) weds second wife American horse jockey Robyn Smith (36) at his home in Beverly Hills, California, until his death in 1987

1983 American "NBC Sports" sportscaster Bob Costas (31) weds Carole Randall Krumenacher (28); divorce in 2001

Natalie Maines

2000 American "(Dixie) Chicks" lead vocalist Natalie Maines (25) weds American "Profit" actor Adrian Pasdar (35) at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 2019

2005 English "Real Madrid" football striker Michael Owen (25) weds English High school sweetheart Louise Bonsall at Carden Park Hotel in Chester, England
2006 American "Desperate Housewives" actress Marcia Cross (44) weds American stockbroker Tom Mahoney (48) at Church of Our Saviour Episcopal Parish in Pasadena, California
2006 American "Numb3rs" actress Diane Farr (36) weds South Korean marketing executive Seung Yong Chung (35) at Rainbow Tarns, California

Megan Fox

2010 American "Transformers" actress Megan Fox (24) weds American "Beverly Hills 90210" actor Brian Austin Green (36) at the Four Seasons Hualalai near Kona, Hawaii; divorce in 2021

2013 American "Scandal" actress Kerry Washington (36) weds American NFL star Nnamdi Asomugha (32) in Blaine County, Idaho
2023 American "L.A, Law" actor Blair Underwood (58) weds American Josie Hart at Casa de Campo Resort & Villas in the Dominican Republic; second marriage for both