Famous Weddings
Betsy Ross
1773 American seamstress Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy Ross) weds American upholster John Ross at Huggs Tavern in Gloucester City, New Jersey
Carl Maria von Weber
1817 German composer Carl Maria von Weber (30) weds opera singer Caroline Brandt
Mary Todd Lincoln & Abraham Lincoln
1842 American socialite Mary Todd (23) weds Illinois Congressman and lawyer Abraham Lincoln (33) in Springfield, Illinois
- 1911 Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
Phyllis Diller
1939 Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller (22) weds inspector Sherwood Diller in Covington, Kentucky
Fran Drescher
1978 "The Nanny" actress Fran Drescher (20) weds writer and director Peter Marc Jacobson (20) (divorced 1999)
- 2006 1996 summer Olympic gold medalist gymnast Dominique Moceanu (25) weds podiatrist Dr. Michael Canales (29) in Houston, Texas
- 2006 Croatian princess Paola Doimi de Frankopan (37) weds son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent Lord Nicholas Windsor (37) at St. Stephen of Abyssina in Vatican City
- 2006 Radio and television journalist Alison Stewart (40) weds MSNBC vice-president of prime-time programming Bill Wolff (40) at the stylish New York restaurant Cipriani 23rd Street
- 2017 NLB player Justin Verlander and model Kate Upton marry in Tuscany, Italy
Famous Divorces
Ernest Hemingway
1940 American "A Farewell to Arms" novelist Ernest Hemingway (41) divorces 2nd wife American journalist Pauline Pfeiffer (44) divorce after 13 years of marriage
- 1993 Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett
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