Timeline November 1924

Events in November 1924 6

• 1845 – 1924 Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Died 4 November 1924, aged 79 Gabriel Fauré was a French composer whose Requiem and songs are among the most performed works of French Romantic music. He served as director of the Paris Conservatoire and influenced a generation of composers including Ravel.
• 1924 Calvin Coolidge elected president in his own right Republican landslide over Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive Robert La Follette Calvin Coolidge, who had succeeded to the presidency after Warren Harding's 1923 death, won election in his own right on 4 November 1924. He defeated Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive candidate Robert La Follette in a decisive victory.
• 1924 – 1987 Geraldine Page (1924-1987) American actress with eight Oscar nominations, winning for The Trip to Bountiful.
• 1924 Geraldine Page born in Kirksville Geraldine Page is born in Kirksville.
• 1924 Mongolian People's Republic established Soviet-backed communist state proclaimed after death of the Bogd Khan The Mongolian People's Republic was proclaimed on 26 November 1924, replacing the theocratic monarchy that had followed independence from China. It became the world's second communist state, closely aligned with the Soviet Union.
• 1924 – 2005 Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) Died 1 January 2005, aged 80 Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the US Congress and the first to run for a major party's presidential nomination, died on 1 January 2005. She represented New York in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983 and championed civil rights, education and anti-poverty legislation. Her 1972 presidential campaign broke barriers in American politics.