Dec 12th, Weddings < Tommy Hilfiger, Richard Gere & Cindy, Oscar

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger

2001 – Actress Ashley Judd weds race car driver Dario Franchetti

2005 – Oscar-winning actress Renee. Zellweger (36) weds country music singer Kenny Chesney (37) for the reason of fraud after 4 months of marriage

2008 – Fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger weds former model Dee Ocleppo in Greenwich, Connecticut

(*) For good luck, Egyptian women pinch the bride on her wedding day

1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis (22) weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown (13) while still married to his 1st wife Jane Mitcham

1991 – Actor Richard Gere (42) weds super model Cindy Crawford (25)

1998 – TV personality Melissa Rivers weds John Endicott

(*) The Catholic tradition of “posting the banns” to announce a marriage originated as a way to ensure the bride & groom weren’t related

Richard Gere & Cindy

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Dec 8th, Events in History With “Spice Girls….

1880 – 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal, South Africa

1956 – 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia

1959 – President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi

1976 – UN General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General

1993 – 4th Billboard Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins

1997 – 8th Billboard Music Awards: Spice Girls win

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