May 24, 1930 – Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly from England to Australia.

May 24, 1930 – Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly from England to Australia.

“I was a private in Co. “C” of the Mass. Vols. I saw Sergeant Carney carry the colors across the ditch, and on he went across the curtain of the fort, and I saw him wounded with the Stars and Stripes in his hand. He said “The Old flag never touched the ground.””
– Charles H. Harrison
May 23, 1900 – Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, 37 years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.

May 22, 1992 – Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for the last time. He had been host for 30 years.

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