The complete list of state records below shows that the Plains states, far away from the ocean, can be hotter than the humid Southeast. The USA's highest temperature, 134Â° on July 10, 1913 in Death Valley, Calif., is also the official highest temperature in the Western Hemisphere. Ordinary summer heat makes much of the Southwest, including Death Valley, sizzle from June through August.
A year earlier, Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first two black players in professional football history and helped the Pros win the championship in the NFLâs inaugural season. The Pros ran the single-wing, and Pollard was the player lined up behind the center who received the snaps.
In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball and was  the first African American to play major league baseball. A member  of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson waâ¦s the first African American to  break a record in the Negro league and was the best African  American baseball player in history. bob corly.