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2005: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner -

The Hollywood stars tied the knot in Turks and Caicos on June 29, 2005. Affleck and Garner called it quits in 2015 and filed for divorce in 2017. The former couple have three children together. 

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2004: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline -

The Princess of Pop and the dancer married on September 18, 2004. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's marriage lasted for three years, and produced two sons.

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2003: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin -

The Coldplay front man and the famous actress married on December 5, 2003. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin officially divorced in 2016. They share two children together.

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2002: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey -

The 98 Degrees singer and Jessica Simpson got hitched on October 26, 2002, and even had their own reality TV show, 'Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica.' Simpson and Lachey split in 2006.

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2001: Halle Berry and Eric Benét -

The actress and the singer-songwriter married on January 24, 2001, but separated in October 2003. They were officially divorced two years later.

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2000: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston -

On July 29, 2000, 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston and Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt tied the knot in Malibu. The couple split in 2005.

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1999: David and Victoria Beckham -

Posh and Becks had a huge wedding at Ireland's Luttrellstown Castle on July 4, 1999. The celebrity couple share four children and are still together to this day.

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1998: Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber -

The two models said their "I do's" on May 29, 1998. Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber's two children, Kaia and Presley, also went on to become models.

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1996: Prince and Mayte Garcia -

The Purple One and the dancer dated for four years, before tying the knot on February 14, 1996. Prince and Mayte Garcia divorced in 2000.

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1997: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker -

The actor and 'Sex and the City' star Sarah Jessica Parker got married on May 19, 1997, in a civil ceremony in Manhattan, New York City. They have three children together.

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1995: Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson -

The 'Baywatch' star and the Mötley Crüe drummer married in Cancun, Mexico, just a few days after they met. Their marriage lasted until 1998. Pam and Tom share two sons together.

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1994: Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley -

MJ and Lisa Marie Presley married secretly in the Dominican Republic on May 26, 1994. The couple divorced in 1996.

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1993: Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola -

The singer and her former producer got married in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on June 5, 1993. The US$500,000 affair drew inspiration from the royal wedding between Prince Charles and Diana. Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola divorced in 1998.

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1992: David Bowie and Iman -

The late British music star and the model married on April 24, 1992, in Switzerland. The couple remained together until Bowie's death in 2016. They had one daughter together.

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1991: John Travolta and Kelly Preston -

On September 5, 1991, it was time for the actors to get married at the Hotel de Crillon in Paris. The couple were together until Preston passed away in 2020. They had three children together, although their son Jett previously died in 2009 at the age of 16, the result of a seizure.

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1990: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise -

After dating for a year, the Hollywood stars married on Christmas Eve 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise called it quits in 2001. They adopted two children during their relationship.

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1989: David Hasselhoff and Pamela Bach -

Pamela Bach became David Hasselhoff's second wife in December 1989. The couple were together until 2006. They had two children together.

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1988: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson -

The actors tied the knot on April 30, 1988. They share two children (Hanks has another two children from a previous marriage). Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been married for over 30 years and are still going strong!

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1987: Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet -

The musician and the actress tied the knot on November 16, 1987, in Las Vegas, the same day Bonet turned 20. They divorced in 1993, but only after having daughter Zoë Kravitz.

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1986: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver -

The actor and the journalist dated for nine years, before officializing their relationship on April 26, 1986, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The couple got divorced in 2021. They share four children.

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1985: Madonna and Sean Penn -

The A-list couple married in private on August 16, 1985 (which was also Madonna's birthday). By 1989, the actor and the pop star were divorced.

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1984: Janet Jackson and James DeBarge -

The R&B singer was Janet Jackson's first husband. They got married in 1984, but a year later they were divorced.

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1983: Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon -

The singer-songwriter and the 'Star Wars' actress said "I do" in August 1983. Sadly, their marriage only lasted a year.

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1982: Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne -

The Prince of Darkness and Sharon Arden became husband and wife on July 4, 1982. The couple have three children together. Ozzy and Sharon remain married to this day.

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1981: Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles -

On July 29, 1981, the world stopped to watch the royal wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Charles and Diana officially divorced in 1996, after the births of princes William and Harry.

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1980: Karen Carpenter and Thomas Burris -

The member of The Carpenters and the real estate developer married at The Beverly Hills Hotel in August 1980. Their marriage ended after 14 months.

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1979: Rod Stewart and Alana Hamilton -

The British rock star and the actress and model wed on April 6, 1979 at the L'Eermitage Restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. The couple divorced in 1984. They had two children together.

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1978: Meryl Streep and Don Gummer -

The couple got married on September 30, 1978, just six months after they met. Meryl Streep and Don Gummer have been together ever since, and have four children.

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1977: Donald and Ivana Trump -

Donald Trump married his late first wife, Ivana Zelníčková, on April 7, 1977. Donald and Ivana Trump had three children together. They split in 1991.

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1976: Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner -

Elizabeth Taylor married her sixth husband, Republican politician John Warner, on December 4, 1976. The two divorced in November 1982.

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1975: Gregg Allman and Cher -

The music power couple met in early 1975, and by June they were walking down the aisle. Cher filed for divorce nine days later, but they reconciled and remained married until 1979. They had one son together.

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1974: Faye Dunaway and Peter Wolf -

The 'Bonnie and Clyde' actress and the musician got married at Beverly Hills Municipal Court in 1974. They were together until 1979.

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1973: Farrah Fawcett and Lee Majors -

The actors tied the knot at the Hotel Bel-Air on July 28, 1973, in Los Angeles, California. The couple divorced in 1982.

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1972: James Taylor and Carly Simon -

Singer-songwriters James Taylor and Carly Simon married on November 3, 1972. They finalized their divorce in 1983, but first had two children together.

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1971: Mick Jagger and Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías -

The Rolling Stones front man married Bianca Jagger in 1971 at the Chapel of St. Anne in Saint-Tropez, France. Their marriage lasted until 1978. They had one daughter.

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1970: Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright -

The singer-songwriters tied the knot in September 1970, but divorced 18 months later.

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1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono -

The Beatle met Yoko Ono in 1966 and three years later, in March 1969, the two got married in a quick ceremony at the British Consulate office in Gibraltar. The couple were together until John Lennon's death in 1980. They had one son.

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1968: Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash -

The Man in Black and the singer got married in 1968, and remained together until June's death in 2003. Johnny Cash died four months after his wife. They had one child together, but both had children from previous relationships as well.

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1967: Elvis and Priscilla Presley -

The King and Priscilla walked down the aisle on May 1, 1967, at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. The couple split in 1972, but first had their daughter, Lisa Marie.

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1966: Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow -

Sinatra and the young actress got married in Las Vegas in 1966. Their marriage lasted until 1968.

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1965: Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox -

The iconic Beatles drummer married Maureen Cox in 1965. They got divorced in 1975. They had three children together.

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1964: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton -

The actors actually got married twice. They first tied the knot in 1964 and then split in 1974. Taylor and Burton then remarried in 1975, but their second marriage only lasted a year. They adopted a daughter together.

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1963: Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould -

The two met during an audition for a musical and tied the knot in 1963. Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould split in 1971. They share a child together.

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1962: John Lennon and Cynthia Powell -

Cynthia Powell was Lennon's former classmate. The couple tied the knot in 1962. Their marriage lasted four years, and produced their son, Julian.

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1961: Ginger Rogers and William Marshall -

William Marshall was Ginger Rogers' fifth (and last) husband. They married in 1961, but split 10 years later, in 1971.

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1960: Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin -

The actress and the singer married on December 1, 1960 in Camden, New Jersey. Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin divorced in 1967. They had a son together.

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1959: Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher -

Singer Eddie Fisher left Elizabeth Taylor's friend Debbie Reynolds to be with her. They married in 1959, but divorced in 1964.

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1958: Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen -

The famous actor married the environmental activist on September 12, 1958, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple called it quits in 1985. They had four children together.

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1957: Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Todd -

Elizabeth Taylor and film producer Michael Todd tied the knot in Mexico in 1957 and had a daughter together. Michael Todd tragically died one year later in a plane crash.

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1956: Prince Rainier of Monaco and Grace Kelly -

The fairytale wedding between the American actress and Prince Rainier III of Monaco took place over two days aboard an ocean liner on the French Riviera. The couple remained married until Grace Kelly's death in 1982. They had three children together.

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1955: Gregory Peck and Veronique Passani -

The actor and journalist Veronique Passani married on New Year's Day in 1956. The couple remained married until Gregory Peck's death in 2003. They had two children together.

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1954: Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio -

The famous actress and the baseball star wed on January 14, 1954 at San Francisco City Hall. Their marriage lasted until October 1954.

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1953: John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier -

JFK and Jackie walked down the aisle on September 12, 1953, in St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. They remained together until President Kennedy's assassination in 1963. They had three children together.

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1952: Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis -

The then-actor married his second wife, actress Nancy Davis, on May 4, 1952, at the Little Brown Church in the Valley in Los Angeles. They went on to spend the rest of their lives together, until Reagan's death in 2004. They had two children together.

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1951: Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner -

Sinatra and Gardner got married in 1951. Their marriage lasted until 1957. This was Sinatra's second marriage and Gardner's third.

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1950: Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton -

Elizabeth Taylor was 18 when she got married for the first time. She wed hotel heir Conrad Hilton on May 13, 1950. They split a year later.

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1949: Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan -

The son of the Aga Khan married movie star Rita Hayworth on May 27, 1949, at Khan's Riviera Chateau de L'Horizon. The couple divorced in 1953. They had a daughter together.

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1948: Dick Van Dyke and Margie Willett -

The actor married Margie Willett in 1948, and they remained together until 1984, when they divorced. They had four children together.

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1947: Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten -

The future Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh walked down the aisle on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey in London. The royal couple stuck together until Prince Philip's death in 2021. They had four children together.

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1946: Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Smith -

Former US President Jimmy Carter wed Rosalynn Smith on July 7, 1946. The couple are still married to this day. They had four children together.

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1945: Shirley Temple and John Agar -

Actress Shirley Temple was only 17 when she married fellow actor John Agar. Their marriage lasted until 1949. They had a daughter together.

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