Date | Event |
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1840 |
British Queen Victoria (20) marries her cousin Albert (20) of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, later the Prince Consort at St James' Palace |
1858 |
US president Millard Fillmore (58) weds Caroline Carmichael (43) in Albany, New York |
1863 |
PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren, both midgets, in NYC |
1899 |
Future US President Herbert Hoover (24) marries college sweetheart Lou Henry (24) in Monterey California |
1920 |
Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. |
1934 |
British born actor "North by Northwest" Cary Grant (30) weds "City Lights" actress Virginia Cherrill (26) |
1946 |
1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum |
1951 |
Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari |
1966 |
Reggae Musician Bob Marley (21) marries fellow musician Rita Anderson (19) |
1974 |
NBA player Julius Erving (23) weds model Turquoise Brown at Waldorf |
2001 |
Singer-comedian Weird Al Yankovic (41) weds Suzanne Krajewski |
2006 |
"Creed" former lead singer Scott Stapp (32) weds Miss New York USA 2004 winner Jaclyn Nesheiwat (25) in Miami |
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