John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married in Gibraltar, and spent their honeymoon
in Amsterdam campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for peace. The couple had
planned on a similar campaign in the U.S., but were denied. A series of fourteen lithographs were released depicting scenes from the honeymoon, eight of which
were deemed indecent and most of which were banned and confiscated.
John and Yoko during the Bed-in for peace
Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married at a nearly secret wedding
ceremony near Los Angeles in the Little Brown Church in the Valley. Nancy
was 30 years old, and Ronald was 41 years old at the time.
The only guests at their late-afternoon wedding were William and Ardis
Holden. William was their best man and Ardis was matron of honor.
After the wedding, Ronald and Nancy spent the first night of their
honeymoon at the historic Mission Inn in Riverside, California.
From left: Ardis Holden, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and
William Holden.
President and Mrs. Reagan
Jack Benny married Sadie Marks (above) on January 25, 1927. The couple met
while she was said to be working as a lingerie salesgirl at a May Department Store
in Los Angeles. Sadie changed her name to Mary Livingstone, a scripted character
in one of Jack’s vaudeville shows.
Mary Livingstone (1905-1983) Jack Benny (1894-1974)
Marilyn Monroe Joe DiMaggio were marred at San Francisco City Hall on
Thursday, January 14, 1954. Monroe filed for divorce on grounds of
mental cruelty nine months after the wedding. After Monroe’s death in
1962, DiMaggio had red roses delivered to her crypt two to three times
a week for some twenty years.
The newlyweds and a photo of the brides diamond ring
The comedy team of Burns and Allen consisting of George Burns and his wife,
Gracie Allen, worked together in vaudeville, films, and radio and television with
great success over four decades. The couple met in 1922 while performing at
the Hill Street Theater in Newark, New Jersey and were later married January 7,
1926 in Cleveland.
