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 ].
96 degrees in Fort Lauderdale sets record for hottest April day. No day in April has ever been as hot as it was Sunday in Fort Lauderdale: 96 degrees. Record temperatures for April 26 were recorded in West Palm Beach, 94 degrees; and Miami, 96 degrees. Miami's mark tied the record for the hottest April day ever, set in 1971.