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 ].
California sizzles as temperatures soar to the hottest EVER recorded in downtown Los Angeles - a blistering 113F. It's been one of the state's chilliest summers in the last 30 years - and today the California sun clearly decided to make up for lost time. The blistering heat sent temperatures soaring to the highest ever recorded in downtown Los Angeles - 113F (45C). The previous all-time record of 112F (44C) was set on June 26, 1990, said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist at the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. The only place to be: Blair Babarinde, 22, of Los Angeles, cools off in the ocean in Santa Monica, California yesterday as temperatures in nearby downtown LA hit an all-time record high of 113F