It's been 70 years since Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio tied the knot on Jan. 14, 1954. Here's a look back at their love affair while it lasted.
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s love affair was sealed with their wedding on Jan. 14, 1954. 70 years ago, the Daily News ran their wedding on the front page.
In this Jan. 14, 1954, photo Joe DiMaggio, baseball’s famed “Yankee Clipper,” and screen actress Marilyn Monroe smile cheek to cheek as they wait patiently in Judge Charles Perry’s chambers for their marriage ceremony in San Francisco. The wedding climaxed a romance of more than a year.
Film star Marilyn Monroe and former Yankee great Joe Di Maggio press through a crowd of newsmen after their marriage in the office of Municipal Judge Charles Peery in San Francisco City Hall on Jan. 14, 1954. They were wed in a simple ceremony from which newsmen were excluded. DiMaggio said they planned a ten-day honeymoon.
Screen actress Marilyn Monroe holds out her lips to receive a kiss from baseball player Joe DiMaggio as they wait in the judge’s chambers for the marriage ceremony that united them on Jan. 14, 1954, in San Francisco. They had to wait some minutes for the arrival of the license clerk who filled out the paper just before the ceremony.
Newlyweds Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe arrived at the International Airport on Jan. 29, 1954, with plenty of baggage for their departure to Tokyo for an extended honeymoon.
Actress Marilyn Monroe laughs with her husband, former New York Yankees baseball player Joe DiMaggio, at the Stork Club in New York on Sept. 20, 1954.
Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe wave to the crowd as they board a plane at International Airport.
In this June 2, 1955 photo, actress Marilyn Monroe, in a glamorous evening gown, arrives at the theater with her husband Joe DiMaggio.
Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe enjoy a night out hand in hand. Their marriage lasted just nine months, but they remained friends after.
On Oct. 5, 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s marriage was over and displayed on the cover of the Daily News. The headline read, “Marilyn splits with Joe over sexy pictures.”
