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
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 Darwins 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, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77
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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