Broadway superstar Ethel Merman married Ernest Borgnine of McHale’s Navy on June 27, 1964. Their separation was made public just 38 days later on August 04. That means 60 years ago today, they were right in the middle of their brief union — a public failure that has since become a comical anecdote in both of their individual histories. In fact, Merman later immortalized this mistake in her autobiography by offering a chapter called “My Marriage To Ernest Borgnine” — which consisted of one single blank page.