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2005 Canada becomes the 4th country to permit same-sex marriage
2005 Spain becomes the 3rd country to permit same-sex marriage 2000 Deborah Laake, writer, Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, dies at 47 1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage 1993 Jane Seymour and James Kesch, Marriage 1989 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals 1989 Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage 1988 Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson 1986 NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-New York Jets football game 1985 South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites 1979 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero) 1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage to John Warner 1975 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton) 1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo 1965 Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg 1964 Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton) 1961 Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38 1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) 1952 Jennie Lynn, born in San Diego, California, actress, Love and Marriage 1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage to Michael Wilding 1950 Liz Taylor's 1st marriage to Conrad Hilton, Jr. 1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China 1946 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, Marriage of Maria Braum 1943 Joanna Shimkus, Halifax NS, actress, Marriage of a Young Stockbroker 1938 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses 1938 New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license 1936 Klaus Lowitsch, born in Berlin, actor, Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun 1934 Bibi Andersson, Sweden, actress, Scenes From a Marriage 1928 Jeanne Bal, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Pat-Love and Marriage 1927 William Redfield, New York City, actor, Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage 1926 Turkey allows civil marriage 1922 Joan McCracken, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Claudie Story of a Marriage 1913 Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter, Love and Marriage 1900 Lester Vail, actor, Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage 1893 Bernard Rogers, New York City, composer, Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion 1880 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage 1838 Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwin's marriage proposal 1836 British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death 1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine 1786 Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) 1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years 1755 Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress, Fatal Marriage 1743 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian/France composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 1731 Mary Astell, English writer and feminist, wrote 'Some Reflections upon Marriage', dies soon after having breast cancer 1666 Mary Astell, born in Newcastle, England, English writer and feminist, wrote 'Some Reflections upon Marriage' 1661 Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal 1650 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England) 1540 England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled 1533 England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage 1533 King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null and void 1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children 1428 Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid |
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