Date | Event |
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1816 |
English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (24) marries 2nd wife writer "Frankenstein" Mary Godwin (19) and daughter of early feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft |
1852 |
Future US President Rutherford B. Hayes (30) weds teetotaler and abolitionist Lucy Webb (21) |
1857 |
Confederate Army John Singleton Mosby (24) weds Pauline Clarke in Nashville |
1879 |
Composer John Philip Sousa (25) weds Jane van Middlesworth Bellis |
1896 |
Filippino Nationalist Jose Rizal (35) weds girlfriend Josephine Bracken (20) before his execution in Fort Santiago, Manila |
1916 |
MLB player Honus Wagner (42) weds Bessie Baine Smith (26) at St John's Church in Carnegie, Pennsylvania |
1918 |
Gangster Al Capone (19) marries Mae Josephine Coughlin, mother of his child |
1941 |
Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach |
1975 |
Director Martin Scorsese (33) weds teacher and author Julia Cameron (27) in Libertyville, Illinois |
1984 |
Professional wrestling manager Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed |
1993 |
Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35) |
1996 |
"The Last Emperor" Chinese actress Vivian Wu (30) weds producer-director Oscar Costo (43) in Shanghai, China |
1998 |
NBA player Clyde Drexler (36) weds attorney Gaynell Floyd |
2004 |
Boston Red Sox centerfielder Johnny Damon (31) weds Michelle Mangan at Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes Hotel in Orlando, Florida |
2006 |
Canadian pair figure skaters David Pelletier (31) weds partner Jamie Sale (28) at the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel in Alberta, Canada |
2011 |
Scottish actor David Tennant (40) weds actress Georgia Moffett (27) in London, United Kingdom |
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