July 29, 1981

A glamorous girl arriving in a glass coach, wearing a wedding gown with a 25-foot train, to marry a prince in a Royal Navy uniform, then kiss him on the balcony in front of a crowd of 600,000 onlookers. A staggering 750 million people tuned in to see it, approximately 30 million of whom would grow up to be bridezillas because of it. —Jennifer Armstrong