Wedding Anniversaries on October 8

Famous Weddings

Brigham Young

1824 Salt Lake City founder Brigham Young (23) weds first wife Miriam Angeline Works (18) in Port Byron, New York

  • 1842 Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach

Charles Tupper

1846 Prime Minister of Canada Charles Tupper (25) weds Frances Amelia Morse (20) in Amherst, Nova Scotia

Johnny Weissmuller

1933 American actor Johnny Weissmuller marries Mexican actress Lupe Vélez (divorced 1939)

Syngman Rhee

1934 South Korean President Syngman Rhee (59) weds Francesca Donner (34)

  • 1935 American bandleader Ozzie Nelson marries American band singer Harriet Hilliard (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
  • 1993 Queen Elizabeth's nephew Viscount Linley (32) weds Serena Stanhope (24) at St. Margaret’s Church in London
  • 1994 "Growing Pains" actress Tracey Gold (25) weds Roby Marshall (29) at St. Charles Catholic Church
  • 2004 English actors Matthew Macfayden and Keeley Hawes marry

Melissa Mccarthy

2005 Actress Melissa McCarthy (34) weds "Joey" actor Ben Falcone (32) at the Oviatt Penthouse in Los Angeles

  • 2015 Chinese actress Angela Baby (26) weds long-term boyfriend Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming (38) in Shanghai, China
  • 2016 "Teen Mom OG" star Maci Bookout weds Taylor McKinney at the Honey Lake Resort in Greenville, Florida

Famous Divorces

Laura Dern

2010 American musician Ben Harper (40) divorces American actress Laura Dern (43) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage