Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.

1. Born. Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, he’s 100 today!

12-15. Zeppelin LZ-126 makes a transatlantic delivery flight from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey

29. Died. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anglo-American writer (b. 1849)