Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
4. 1924 United States presidential election won by Republican Calvin Coolidge
4. Died. Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)
20. Born. Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-born mathematician (d. 2010)
30. Born. Allan Sherman, American comedy writer, television producer and song parodist (d. 1973)