The career of Indian classical music in the western world began roughly three years later, when George Harrison, alerted to Ravi Shankar's virtuosity by the Byrds, took a short crash course in the sitar from the Indian musician.
In 1911, the first permanent weather station was established at what is now Furnace Creek Ranch. On July 10, 1913, the weather station measured a record high of 134 F (57 C), a temperature that has not been beat anywhere in the United States since. [Related: The Harshest Environments on Earth ].
Itâs official â 2014 is the hottest year on record. The global ocean temperature was also the highest on record while many land areas were also warmer than normal or set records such as many countries in Europe and the western U.S. The only major blue spot for 2014 was the eastern half of the U.S.