1960s Timeline

Dec. 13, 1963 - As a child of seven, Brandon de Wilde was a child star in Broadway’s “The Member of the Wedding.” Next Thursday, the...

Aug. 17, 1963 - Johnny Carson, the television performer and host of the “Tonight” show for NBC, was married today to Joanne Copeland, a...

Aug. 5, 1963 - Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who is 64 years old, married Joan Martin, a 23-year-old Government worker, in a...

July 3, 1963 - Jazz singer Dinah Washington married professional football star Dick “Night Train” Lane last night in a surprise ceremony...

June 19, 1963 - Elizabeth Taylor (pictured last night at the Cassius Clay-Henry Cooper fight) said today she will marry Richard Burton as...

May 5, 1963 - Governor Rockefeller’s marriage yesterday to Mrs. Margaretta Fitler Murphy found Republican leaders in disagreement on how...

May 4, 1963 - Television comedienne Carol Burnett, 28, today married Joseph Hamilton, 36, a producer with 8 children. The marriage was...

May 4, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mrs. Margaretta Fitler Murphy were married today in a surprise ceremony at the...

Apr. 20, 1963 - Singer Ricky Nelson, 22, and Kristin (Kris) Harmon, 18, were married this afternoon in St. Martin of Tours Church in...

Apr. 12, 1963 - Actress Betty White, 37, announced today she and television performer Allen Ludden will be married in Los Angeles in...

Apr. 9, 1963 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish film star, was married in a civil ceremony today to Rick Van Nutter, 34-year-old American film...

Mar. 29, 1963 - Actor Chuck Connors, television’s “Rifleman,” announced today he and actress Kamala Devi will be married April 10. It...

Mar. 7, 1963 - Actor Dwayne Hickman, television’s Dobie Gillis, married starlet Carol Christiansen 10 days ahead of schedule today....

Mar. 2, 1963 - Desi Arnaz and Edith Mack Hirsch were married today at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in a ceremony witnessed by a few close...

Feb. 9, 1963 - Actor Tony Curtis and German actress Christine Kaufmann were married last night in a civil ceremony at the Riviera Hotel...

Jan. 18, 1963 - Singer Frankie Avalon and Kay Diebel, former dental technician, were married at 11 a.m. today at St. Charles Catholic...

Sept. 3, 1962 - A judge in Juarez, Mexico, annulled the marriage of Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti today, untangling a legal...

June 7, 1962 - Nancy Kwan, the screen star, was married today in London to Peter Pock, Austrian hotel keeper and ski instructor, in a...

Apr. 3, 1962 - The engagement of Sarah Churchill, actress and daughter of Sir Winston and Lady Churchill, to Lord Audley was announced...

Feb. 13, 1962 - Don Everly, 25-year-old recording star, and actress Venitia Stevenson were married today in North Chapel at the Naval...