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    • Dec 3, 1951
    Hank Williams is sued for copyright infringement, charged with stealing the melody for "Cold, Cold Heart" from the T. Texas Tyler recording "You'll Still Be In My Heart"
    Dec 11, 1951
    Hank Williams records "Honky Tonk Blues" and "I'm Sorry For You, My Friend" during a midday session in Nashville at the Castle Studio. It marks his last recording date before dissolving the Drifting Cowboys
    Dec 13, 1951
    Hank Williams undergoes surgery at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville to fuse two vertebrae in his back
    Dec 24, 1951
    Hank Williams is released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville 11 days after having spinal fusion surgery
    Dec 29, 1951
    Audrey Williams moves out of the house after, she says, Hank Williams attacked her
    Dec 30, 1951
    Hank Williams is forced to cancel concerts in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore after back surgery. Audrey Williams still performs at the shows, but as she leaves the house with her things, Hank fires four gun shots at her
    Jan 3, 1952
    Audrey Williams kicks Hank Williams out of the house. She denies accusations that she shot at him, he denies accusations of infidelity. Within days, he is taken to a Montgomery, Alabama, hospital following an overdose of pills
    Jan 10, 1952
    Audrey Williams files for divorce from Hank Williams for the second time in four years
    Jan 14, 1952
    Hank Williams and Ray Price begin moving into a house at 2718 Wedgewood in Nashville. They share the home for about six months
    Jan 29, 1952
    Hank Williams plays his first concert since a December back operation in Richmond, Virginia. At the hotel, he drinks a mixture of tomato juice and rubbing alcohol, then gives a poor, abbreviated show. Ray Price fills in with a 40-minute set
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