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 ].
What was the hottest temperature recorded in California? The highest recorded temperature for California - and the highest recorded temperature ever in the United States and even Western Hemisphere - was at Furnace Creek, in Death Vâ¦alley, Californian on July 10, 1913: 1340 F (57 C) . The highest temprature in Calafornia was in Death Valley recorded at 136 degrees.