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    • Mar 28, 1948
    Nat "King" Cole marries the former Marie Hawkins at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. They have a daughter, Natalie Cole, who will become a Country Music Association awards nominee
    Apr 10, 1956
    A dozen years after he appeared on the country charts, Nat "King" Cole is attacked on stage in Birmingham by six members of the White Citizens Council. Despite back injuries, Cole finishes the show but vows never to play the South again
    Aug 23, 1956
    A dozen years after he appeared on the Billboard country charts, Nat "King" Cole addresses the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
    Nov 5, 1956
    NBC debuts "The Nat King Cole Show," making the former country hitmaker the first African-American host of a national TV show
    Dec 1, 1957
    The last installment of "The Nat King Cole Show" airs on NBC-TV. The show has trouble attracting advertisers, fearful of associating with a black host. Cole had two singles on an early version of the country chart in 1944
    Feb 8, 1959
    Nat Kelly Cole, the adopted son of Nat "King" Cole, is born. His father earned a pair of country hits 15 years prior
    Mar 15, 1960
    NBC's "Ford Startime" celebrates Oscar-winning songs, with Tex Ritter singing "High Noon" and a current nominee, "The Hanging Tree." Nat King Cole is also on hand to deliver "Mona Lisa"
    Mar 29, 1960
    A Los Angeles judge approves Nat "King" Cole's adoption of a 13-month-old boy, Nat Kelly Cole. The senior Cole appeared on an early version of the Billboard country chart in 1944 with "Straighten Up And Fly Right"
    Sep 26, 1961
    Nat "King" Cole and his wife, Marie, have twin daughters, Timolin and Casey Cole. Dad appeared twice in 1944 on the Billboard folk charts, destined to become the magazine's country list
    Feb 15, 1965
    Pop star Nat "King" Cole dies of lung cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. He charted more than 100 singles during his career, including the original version of "Mona Lisa," remade in country by Jimmy Wakely, Moon Mullican and Willie Nelson
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