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June 27:

Television series
 * 1949 - Captain Video and His Video Rangers, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on the DuMont Television Network
 * 1967 - Dark Shadows, a Gothic soap opera, begins airing on ABC

Births
 * 1909 - Billy Curtis (d. 1988), an American film and television actor known for his work mainly in Westerns and in science fiction films
 * 1947 - Tron Øgrim (d. 2007), a Norwegian journalist, political and science fiction author, and politician