May 6, 1927 (Friday)
- The first radio broadcasts in Turkey began, from a station in Istanbul. Television would be introduced on January 31, 1968.
- Dr. Richard Meissner, a German chemist, claimed that he had developed an insulin substitute, which he called "horment" from the islands of Langerhans, which could be taken in tablet form and which would cure diabetes.
- Born: Mary Ellen Avery, American physician who discovered the cause of respiratory distress syndrome and contributed to its treatment and cure; in Camden, NJ
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