On July 10, the area entered the history books when the mercury climbed to a blistering 134 degrees Fahrenheit (57 degrees Celsius) at Furnace Creek, California, breaking the record for the highest temperature ever recorded.
Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of a major American city: Black History Month. View full sizePlain Dealer file photoCarl Stokes, shown in 1968 in downtown Cleveland, focused many of his efforts as mayor on improving city services and helping Cleveland's poorest residents.
1 Details to be announced. 2  July 24: Civil Rights Talk with Ruth Holland Scott-Activist, author, politician and teacher, Ruth Holland Scott was the first African American woman elected to the Rochester City Council. 3  She will discuss civil rights in Rochester in the years following the events of July 1964.