Video: 'Marilyn Monroe And Joe Dimaggio Marry Jan 14th 1954'

(Thursday, January 14, 1954, 1:48 p.m. PST) — Actress Marilyn Monroe and married retired New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio today at the San Francisco City Hall.

They then traveled by car first to Paso Robles, then south to nearby San Luis Obispo the day after, before spending their honeymoon outside Idyllwild, California, in the mountain lodge of Monroe’s lawyer Lloyd Wright.

Video: 'Marilyn Monroe And Joe Dimaggio - Love, Marriage, Divorce'

On Jan. 29, 1954, fifteen days later, they flew to Japan, combining a “honeymoon” with his commitment to his former San Francisco Seals coach Lefty O’Doul, to help train Japanese baseball teams.

From Tokyo, she traveled with Jean O’Doul, Lefty’s wife, to Korea, where she participated in a USO show, singing songs from her films for over 60,000 U.S. Marines over a four-day period.

Although she suffered from endometriosis, Monroe and DiMaggio each expressed to reporters their desire to start a family. But in October 1954, Monroe filed for divorce, after only nine months of marriage.