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March 27:

Film releases
 * 2009 - Monsters vs. Aliens, an American computer-animated 3-D feature film from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures

Television series
 * 1965 - The Crusade, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on the BBC
 * 1988 - Kiteretsu Daihyakka, a science fiction anime series based on the manga by Fujiko Fujio, begins airing on Fuji TV

Births
 * 1892 - Thorne Smith (d. 1934), an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction
 * 1910 - John R. Pierce (d. 2002), an American engineer and author
 * 1949 - Mike Friedrich, an American comic book writer and publisher
 * 1952 - Dana Stabenow, an American author who has produced works in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense/thriller genres
 * 1953 - Patricia Wrede, an American fantasy writer
 * 1962 - Kevin J. Anderson, an American science fiction author

Deaths
 * 2007 - Stanisław Lem (b. 1921), a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire