1891 Born to Samuel and Kate (Cole) Porter
1901 Cole writes his first song “Song of the Birds”
1905 Attends Worcester Academy in Massachusetts
1913 Graduates from Yale College
1916 Leaves Harvard graduate school for New York City
1917 Moves to Paris, France
1915 “Esmeralda” first Broadway song, appeares in Hands Up
1916 Composes his first Broadway show “See America First”
1919 Marries Linda Lee Thomas
1928 Cole moves back to New York City
1929 “Fifty Million Frenchmen” runs for 257 performances
1934 “Anything Goes” becomes a Broadway hit
1937 Cole suffers serious injuries in a horse riding accident
1946 “Night and Day” staring Cary Grant is released in theaters
1948 “Kiss Me Kate” opens on Broadway
1952 Mother Kate passes away
1954 Wife Linda dies at the age of 71
1954 Last big Broadway success “Silk Stockings”
1958 Cole’s right leg is amputated
1964 Dies of kidney failure at the age of 73 in Santa Monica, CA