Jan 17 American actorJohn Wayne (38) weds actress Esperanza Baur (25) in Long Beach, California; divorce in 1954

Feb 10 1st black pro-baseball playerJackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum

Feb 18 American MLB baseball playerHank Greenberg (35) weds retail heiress Caral Gimbel in Sea Island, Georgia; divorce in 1958

Mar 14 American "For Whom The Bell Tolls" novelistErnest Hemingway (46) weds for fourth and final time to American journalist Mary Welsh (37), until his death in 1961

Mar 30 American actress and singerDoris Day (23) weds American jazz saxophonist George Weidler (20); divorce in 1949

May 2 "Rebecca" actressJoan Fontaine (28) weds producer and actor William Dozier (38); divorce in 1951

May 6 British comedianStan Laurel (55) weds for the 5th time, to Russian-American actress Ida Kitaeva (47), until his death in 1965

Jul 7 American naval cadet and future 39th US PresidentJimmy Carter (21) weds Rosalynn Smith (18) in Plains, Georgia, until her death in 2023

Jul 24 Pulitzer Prize-winning composerHoward Hanson (49) weds Margaret Elizabeth Nelson at the Chautauqua Institution in New York

Aug 10 American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightMoss Hart (41) weds American singer and actress Kitty Carlisle (35), until his death in 1961

Aug 16 Georgian-American ballet choreographerGeorge Balanchine (42) weds Native American (Osage) ballerinaMaria Tallchief (21); annulled in 1952

Aug 26 "Gone With The Wind" actressOlivia de Havilland (30) weds screenwriter and novelist Marcus Goodrich; divorce in 1953

Dec 11 American "Bill Haley & His Comets" rock 'n' roll musician Bill Haley (21) weds Dorothy Crowe; divorce in 1952

Dec 26 American actorJackie Coogan (32) weds American actress Ann McCormack (22); divorce in 1951

Aug 8 Esta Krakower divorces mobsterBugsy Siegel (40) after 17 years of marriage