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What happened in history on this day: June 27?
On June 27 in ...
- 1929 - First color TV demonstration (New York City).
- 1949 - Dumont Television Network debuts Captain Video and His Video Rangers TV show, starring Richard Coogan.
- 1954 - NBC airs the last A Letter to Loretta TV show.
- 1955 - NBC-TV airs the first of a new weekly series Wide Wide World, with host Dave Garroway.
- 1955 - CBS-TV debuts The Julius LaRosa Show.
- 1958 - NBC airs the last Matinee Theatre TV show.
- 1964 - CBS-TV airs the New Phil Silvers Show for the last time.
- 1966 - ABC-TV begins airing the Dark Shadows daily TV show.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Flip Wilson Show in the USA.
- 1980 - Paramount releases the film Airplane! to theaters.
- 1984 - The Federal Communications Commission reduces regulation of U.S. commercial TV by lifting most programming requirements and ending day-part restrictions on advertising.
- 1987 - The ABC TV network airs the final Sidekicks show.
- 1989 - NBC airs the last episode of the Miami Vice TV show.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network air the final Singer and Sons show.
- 1996 - Actor Eddie Murphy receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2008 - Buena Vista releases the Disney-Pixar computer-animated feature film WALL-E to theaters.
- 2014 - Paramount releases the film Transformers: Age of Extinction to theaters.
Births on June 27
- 1907 - Birth of John McIntire in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, The Virginian).
- 1907 - Birth of Valerie Cossart in London, England; actress (The Hartmans).
- 1912 - Birth of Audrey Christie in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Dorothy - Fair Exchange).
- 1920 - Birth of I.A.L. Diamond; screenwriter (The Apartment (1960 Academy Award).
- 1927 - Birth of Bob Keeshan in Lynbrook, New York, USA; children's entertainer (Clarabelle the Clown - Howdy Doody Show YV show (1948-1952), Captain Kangaroo TV show).
- 1927 - Birth of Robert Casey in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Henry - Aldrich Family Show).
- 1933 - Birth of Gary Crosby, son of Bing Crosby; actor (Which Way to the Front).
- 1945 - Birth of Norma Kamali in New York City, New York, USA; dress designer (Costumes for The Wiz).
- 1950 - Birth of Julia Duffy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actress (Stephanie - Newhart, Baby Talk).
- 1951 - Birth of Julia Duffy; actress (Newhart).
- 1955 - Birth of Isabelle Adjani in Paris, France; actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar).
- 1966 - Birth of J.J. Abrams; writer, director (Lost, Fringe, Alias, Felicity).
- 1971 - Birth of Yancey Arias; actor (Thief, The Division).
- 1975 - Birth of Tobey Maguire; actor (Seduced by Madness, Duke of Groove, Spider-Man).
- 1984 - Birth of Khloe Kardashian; teality TV star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians).
- 1986 - Birth of Drake Bell; actor and singer (Drake and Josh).
- 1987 - Birth of Ed Westwick; actor (Gossip Girl).
- 1991 - Birth of Madylin Sweeten; actress (Everybody Loves Raymond).
Deaths on June 27
- 1973 - Ernest Truex, actor (Pop - Pete and Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at age 73.
- 1982 - Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at age 49.
- 2001 - Death of Jack Lemmon at age 76 of complications from bladder cancer; actor, director (Morrie - Tuesdays with Morrie).
- 2009 - Death of Gale Storm at age 87; actress (My Little Margie TV show, Oh Susannah! TV show), singer ("I Hear You Knockin'", "Dark Moon").
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