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

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

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

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

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

1987 Event - Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass

1985 Death - Eugene Carson Blake, Secretary-General World Council of Churches, dies at 78

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

1981 Birthday - Ray J, born in Carson, California, singer, record producer, actor, son of gospel singer William Norwood

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

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

1973 Birthday - Carson Daly, born in Santa Monica, California, television host, 'Last Call with Carson Daly' on NBC, a late-night talk show

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

1969 Birthday - Lisa Nicole Carson, American Actress

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

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

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

1967 Birthday - Brad Carson, American Lawyer

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

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

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

1958 Birthday - Carlos Carson, born in Lake Worth, Florida, football player, wide receiver, played in ten National Football League seasons, from 1980 to 1989, all time Pro Bowl NFL player

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

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

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

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

1946 Birthday - Carson Van Osten, born in America, musician, performed with Todd Rundgren and rock group 'Nazz', comics creator, artist of Disney comics

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

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

1927 Birthday - Sunset Carson, Michael Harrison, Plainview, Texas, actor, Cat of Rockies

1926 Birthday - Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1907 Birthday - Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer, silent springs

1906 Birthday - Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. Secretary-General of World council of Churches, 1966-72

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

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

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

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

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

1881 Death - Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies

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

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

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

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

1809 Birthday - Christopher "Kit" Carson, Kentucky, Union Brigadier-General/indian fighter

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