Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History April 30, 2013 : Cloris Leachman -

   Cloris Leachman is 87. ((She's Maw Maw on the Fox comedy "Raising Hope". Elder legend comedic genius of "Dancing with the Stars"!!!  Mrs. Garrett's replacement, Beverly Ann, on "The Facts of Life".  Also Frau Blücher in the 1975 classic, "Young Frankenstein" and Great Gam Gam, the FORMER GERMAN WHORE, in "Beerfest"! and how could we forget PHYLLIS!  And Nurse Diesel from High Anxiety! ( thanks Steve Levine)

Singer Willie Nelson is 80.(He, too, enjoys the occasional reefer cigarette.)

Talk show host Gary Collins is 75. 

Burt Young is 73.(Rocky's no-good brother-in-law Paulie in the "Rocky" movies.)

Merrill Osmond - 60  (The Osmonds.  I think he's the second one from the left.) 

Bobby Vee - 70  (Superstar who sang the smashes "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Devil or Angel" and "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes".)

  Director Jane Campion is 59

Actor Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) is 44. Nathan Petrelli on "Heroes".  He gets to nail my beautiful Dixie Chicks chubby Natalie Maines ANYTIME HE WANTS TO!!!  He was also arrested for drunk driving this past January, which was not very "heroic" of him.)

Actor Johnny Galecki (Roseanne) is 38.(Geeky Leonard on "Big Bang Theory".  But to me he'll always be Darlene's geeky husband, David, on "Roseanne".)

Lloyd Banks - 31  (50 Cent's boy in G-Unit.)

Kunal Nayyar - 32  (Raj on "The Big Bang Theory".)

Kirsten Dunst is 31.(Mary Jane in the "Spider-Man" movies.  And a FAN OF THE MARY JANE in real life.  She admits to enjoying the occasional reefer cigarette.)

l Lewis - Would have been 90 - (1923 - 2006)  (Grandpa Munster)  (--Al Lewis insisted that he'd been born in 1910, but the Social Security Administration has 1923.)

1789 George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.

1803 - France sold the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains to the United States of America.  The massive real estate deal is known as THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.  Cost:  $15 MILLION . . . about 4 CENTS an acre.

1957 - Elvis recorded "Jailhouse Rock."

1965 - Herman's Hermits and the Zombies began their first U.S. tour.

1975 - The U.S. officially LOST THE VIETNAM WAR, as the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, fell to the Commies.  (--Like me, most of you probably have a crazy uncle who gets hammered at every family function and says stuff like, "We were WINNING before they sent me home!")

1980 - The film "McVicar," which starred Roger Daltrey and Adam Faith, premiered.

1987 - Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" became her 11th consecutive top five single.

1987 - The Beatles' "Help!", "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" were released on compact disc.

1992 - Amidst the rioting and looting in Los Angeles following the Beaten Black Motorist Rodney King verdict, some hoodlums STOLE MADONNA'S BUSTIER from Fredrick's of Hollywood.

1992 - The final episode of "THE COSBY SHOW" aired after eight seasons.  44 million people watched.

 1997 - The "ELLEN" COMING-OUT EPISODE aired on ABC.

 2004 - MICHAEL JACKSON pleaded not guilty to his indictment on the many charges related to his child molestation case, including giving an intoxicating beverage to a minor.  He was eventually acquitted.

   Cloris Leachman is 87. ((She's Maw Maw on the Fox comedy "Raising Hope". Elder legend comedic genius of "Dancing with the Stars"!!!  Mrs. Garrett's replacement, Beverly Ann, on "The Facts of Life".  Also Frau Blücher in the 1975 classic, "Young Frankenstein" and Great Gam Gam, the FORMER GERMAN WHORE, in "Beerfest"! and how could we forget PHYLLIS!  And Nurse Diesel from High Anxiety! ( thanks Steve Levine)

Singer Willie Nelson is 80.(He, too, enjoys the occasional reefer cigarette.)

Talk show host Gary Collins is 75. 

Burt Young is 73.(Rocky's no-good brother-in-law Paulie in the "Rocky" movies.)

Merrill Osmond - 60  (The Osmonds.  I think he's the second one from the left.) 

Bobby Vee - 70  (Superstar who sang the smashes "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Devil or Angel" and "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes".)

  Director Jane Campion is 59

Actor Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) is 44. Nathan Petrelli on "Heroes".  He gets to nail my beautiful Dixie Chicks chubby Natalie Maines ANYTIME HE WANTS TO!!!  He was also arrested for drunk driving this past January, which was not very "heroic" of him.)

Actor Johnny Galecki (Roseanne) is 38.(Geeky Leonard on "Big Bang Theory".  But to me he'll always be Darlene's geeky husband, David, on "Roseanne".)

Lloyd Banks - 31  (50 Cent's boy in G-Unit.)

Kunal Nayyar - 32  (Raj on "The Big Bang Theory".)

Kirsten Dunst is 31.(Mary Jane in the "Spider-Man" movies.  And a FAN OF THE MARY JANE in real life.  She admits to enjoying the occasional reefer cigarette.)

l Lewis - Would have been 90 - (1923 - 2006)  (Grandpa Munster)  (--Al Lewis insisted that he'd been born in 1910, but the Social Security Administration has 1923.)

1789 George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.

1803 - France sold the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains to the United States of America.  The massive real estate deal is known as THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.  Cost:  $15 MILLION . . . about 4 CENTS an acre.

1957 - Elvis recorded "Jailhouse Rock."

1965 - Herman's Hermits and the Zombies began their first U.S. tour.

1975 - The U.S. officially LOST THE VIETNAM WAR, as the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, fell to the Commies.  (--Like me, most of you probably have a crazy uncle who gets hammered at every family function and says stuff like, "We were WINNING before they sent me home!")

1980 - The film "McVicar," which starred Roger Daltrey and Adam Faith, premiered.

1987 - Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" became her 11th consecutive top five single.

1987 - The Beatles' "Help!", "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" were released on compact disc.

1992 - Amidst the rioting and looting in Los Angeles following the Beaten Black Motorist Rodney King verdict, some hoodlums STOLE MADONNA'S BUSTIER from Fredrick's of Hollywood.

1992 - The final episode of "THE COSBY SHOW" aired after eight seasons.  44 million people watched.

 1997 - The "ELLEN" COMING-OUT EPISODE aired on ABC.

 2004 - MICHAEL JACKSON pleaded not guilty to his indictment on the many charges related to his child molestation case, including giving an intoxicating beverage to a minor.  He was eventually acquitted.