Tag Archives: marriage

November 24, 1615

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 24, 1615, French King Louis XIII married Ann of Austria. They were both fourteen years old. Many non-historians have pointed to the relatively young age of some of the royal weddings to insisted that everyone was… Continue reading →

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October 24, 1969

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 24, 1969, actor Richard Burton bought his wife Elizabeth Taylor a 69-carat Cartier diamond ring for $1.5 million, which would be worth around $10.6 million dollars today. This just goes to show that number 1, love is… Continue reading →

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October 11, 1975

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 11, 1975, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham were married in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Thicc, almost pretty women throughout Arkansas put down their Malboros and shot-gunned a Pabst Blue Ribbon in acknowledgement of the… Continue reading →

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July 2, 1991

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 2, 1991, Donald Trump proposed to Marla Maples and gave her a 7.5 carat diamond ring. He was still married to his first wife, Ivana, and would be until his divorce on March 22, 1992. When world famous psychic… Continue reading →

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May 17, 2004

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Joel Byers

On May 17, 2004, the first legal same-sex marriage was performed in the United States in the state of Massachusetts. The “Wrath of God” did not immediately happen as foretold by conservative religious leaders. Cats and dogs were… Continue reading →

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February 27, 1997

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 27, 1997, divorce finally became legal in Ireland. Up until that time, you had to wait until one of the disgruntled parties in the marriage to die before you could remarry someone else. On February 28, 1997 in a surprising twist, the life expectancy of abusive drunk husbands and wives increased by several … Continue reading →

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January 14, 1954

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Joel Byers

On January 14, 1954, celebrity couple, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married. Unfortunately the marriage only lasted nine months as Joe was a reserved man who wanted his wife to be more of an actress and less of a sexy bombshell and Marilyn was very jealous of Joe’s celebrity in the world. It was … Continue reading →

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December 31, 1841

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 31, 1841, the State of Alabama enacted the first dental legislation in the United States. The law required a person to have eight or fewer teeth before they could marry their first cousin, fourteen or fewer to marry a second cousin, and no restrictions for the marriage to a third cousin or higher. … Continue reading →

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December 20, 1820

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 20, 1820, the state of Missouri enacted a law that taxed all bachelors between the ages of 21 to 50 for being unmarried. The tax was $1 a year, which would be about $20 today. It wasn’t enough to force unmarried men to move or get married, but it was like the married … Continue reading →

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June 27, 1964

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 27, 1964 Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman were married. It only lasted 38 days. When Borgnine was asked why the marriage floundered so quickly, he said that he was fat and she was ugly, and when they sobered up, he realized she was fat and he was ugly, and that during their honeymoon, … Continue reading →

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