Famous Wedding Anniversaries on September 27

Famous Weddings

Thomas Paine

1759 Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)

Johannes van der Waals

1865 Physicist Johannes van der Waals (27) weds Anna Magdalena Smit (18)

Frederic Mistral

1876 Poet Frederic Mistral (46) weds Marie Louise Aimee Rivière

1888 Balloon wedding of Margaret Buckley and Edward T. Davis in front of 40,000 people at the Rhode Island State Fair [1]

Robert Menzies

1920 Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies (25) weds Pattie Maie Leckie (21) at Kew Presbyterian Church in Melbourne, Australia

Leo Durocher

1934 American baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (28) weds American socialite and businesswoman Grace Dozier; divorce in 1943

Angela Lansbury

1945 American actor Richard Cromwell (35) weds British actress Angela Lansbury (19) in Independence, California; divorce in 1946

1947 Fantasy and sci-fiction writer Ray Bradbury (27) weds Marguerite McClure (25)
1997 "The Cosby Show" actress Erika Alexander (28) weds screenwriter Tony Puryear (40) on outdoor ceremony in Malibu

Coolio

1997 American singer-rapper Coolio (34) weds Los Angeles radio DJ Josefa Salinas (37) in Las Vegas; divorce in 2000

Brendan Fraser

1998 "The Mummy" actor Brendan Fraser (30) weds actress Afton Smith (32) at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2007

2008 "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" actress Kaitlin Olson (33) weds actor Rob McElhenney (31) at the Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California

Scarlett Johansson & Ryan Reynolds

2008 American actress and singer Scarlett Johansson (23) weds Canadian film actor Ryan Reynolds (31) at Clayoquot Wilderness Retreat in Tofino, British Columbia; divorce in 2011