One of television's best-known personalities, Johnny Carson, the iconic host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, was born on this day in history, on Oct. 23, 1925. Carson had Midwestern roots and ...
was born in New York City on this day in history, Oct. 27, 1858. He left a massive imprint on both our national heritage and physical landscape and set in motion the ascendancy of the American ...