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 ].
Death Valley now shares the record for hottest U.S. June temperature ever recorded with Volcano, Cali, which shot up to 129 on June 23, 1902. The 129-degree temperature was still five degrees shy of Death Valleyâs all-time record high of 134. This 134-degree reading, the hottest measured anywhere in the world â was established July 10, 1913.