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1992 Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor

1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show

1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992

1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show

1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62

1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass

1985 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78

1985 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42

1977 Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87

1977 1st time Jay Leno appears on Tonight Show with host Johnny Carson

1973 Carson Daly, American Entertainer

1972 Mindy Carson, born in New York City, vocalist, Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue

1969 Lisa Nicole Carson, American Actress

1968 Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host

1967 Carson McCullers, U.S. author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50

1967 Crystal Carson, born in Spaulding NE, actress, Cartel, Julia-General Hospital

1967 Brad Carson, American Lawyer

1964 Rachel L Carson, U.S. biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56

1963 Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52

1962 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests

1958 Carlos Carson, football player

1956 "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV

1955 "Johnny Carson Show," debuts on CBS-TV

1953 1st department store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, Illinois

1950 Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in New York City

1946 Carson Van Osten, rocker

1941 Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published

1933 Barbara Carson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Comedy Tonight, Carter Country

1927 Sunset Carson, [Michael Harrison] Plainview, Texas, actor, Cat of Rockies

1926 Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

1925 Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust

1923 Ed McMahon, born in Detroit, Michigan, TV host, Johnny Carson Show, Star Search

1917 Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers

1917 Carson McCullers, U.S., novelist, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1914 Ken Carson, Coalgate Oklahoma, singer, Garry Moore Show

1910 Jack Carson, Manitoba Canada, actor, Star is Born, Mildred Pierce

1907 Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer, Silent Spring

1907 Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer, silent springs

1906 Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. sec-gen of World council of Churches, 1966-72

1903 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in U.S.

1889 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens

1886 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada closes

1885 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close

1885 Charles Carson, born in London, England, actor, Cry the Beloved Country

1881 Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies

1870 U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins

1869 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada opens

1863 Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada

1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party

1809 Christopher "Kit" Carson, Kentucky, Union brig-general/indian fighter



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