June 27 Calendar
- 1929 1st color Television demo, performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC
- 1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 "Captain Video & His Video Rangers" debut on DUMONT-TV - Television's first sci-fi series
- 1955 "Julius LaRosa Show" debuts on CBS-TV
1958 8th Berlin International Film Festival: Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries" wins Golden Bear
- 1966 Dark Shadows, American Gothic soap opera, premieres on ABC-TV
Film & TV History
1972 Legendary video game and home computer Atari, Inc. founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, California
Live & Let Die
1973 "Live & Let Die", 8th James Bond Film, 1st to star Roger Moore, also starring Jane Seymour, 1st released in the US
- 1974 American TV variety program "The Flip Wilson Show" last airs on NBC-TV, after 4 seasons, winning 2 Emmy Awards
- 1975 25th Berlin International Film Festival: "Adoption" wins the Golden Bear
- 1987 "The Living Daylights", 15th James Bond film, 1st film to star Timothy Dalton premieres in London
- 1991 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
Gray's Anatomy
1994 Spalding Gray's one-man show "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
- 1995 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears
Seacrest to Host Wheel of Fortune
2023 Ryan Seacrest announced as the new host of "Wheel of Fortune", to replace long-time host Pat Sajak in 2024 [1]
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