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2011 Event - The South Pole records its warmest temperature at -12.3 degrees Celsius at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

2011 Event - Following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the band U2's tour, 360 degrees, becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time

1997 Event - Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38 degrees F)

1997 Event - Tower Minnesota temps dip to 24 degrees F

1995 Event - -36.8 degrees F (-38.2 degrees C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67 degrees N

1995 Event - -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C) in Bismarck, North Dakota

1994 Event - 109.8 degrees F (43.2 degrees C) in Cordoba, Spain

1994 Event - 102.4 degrees F (39.1 degrees C) in Tokyo Japan: record

1994 Event - 99.9 degrees F (37.7 degrees C) in Berlin-Dahlem: record

1994 Event - 102.7 degrees F (39.3 degrees C) in Pleschen, East-Germany

1994 Event - Arcen Limburg averages 71.6 degrees F (22.0 degrees C) in July: record

1994 Event - Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783

1994 Event - Stockholms avgs 21.5 degrees C; their warmest July since 1855

1994 Event - Record 103.8 degrees F (39.9 degrees C) in Preschen Lausitz Germany

1994 Event - 118 degrees F (47.8 degrees C) at Lakewood, New Mexico

1994 Event - 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Denver Colorado

1994 Event - 107 degrees F (41.6 degrees C) at Albuquerque New Mexico

1994 Event - 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas

1994 Event - 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) at Laughlin Nevada

1994 Event - 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California

1994 Event - 105 degrees F (40.5 degrees C) at Albuquerque, New Mexico

1994 Event - 111 degrees F (43.9 degrees C) at El Paso, Texas

1994 Event - 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)

1994 Event - 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)

1994 Event - -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio

1994 Event - -36 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record)

1993 Event - North-Siberia record cold for November (-55 degrees C)

1993 Event - Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123 degrees C (record high)

1992 Event - Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3 degrees F (37.4 degrees C)

1992 Event - "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 496 perf

1990 Event - "6 Degrees of Separation" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 496 performances

1990 Event - 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth)

1990 Event - 98.8 degrees F (37.1 degrees C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record)

1990 Event - 122 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona

1990 Event - 120 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona

1989 Event - Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded

1989 Event - Cold wave: -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, -6 degrees F in Tulsa, -12 degrees F in Pitts,

1989 Event - -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota

1989 Event - 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona

1989 Event - 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states

1988 Event - 19 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct

1988 Event - Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C)

1988 Event - 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June

1987 Event - Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from U.S. to U.S.S.R. in 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) Bering Sea

1987 Event - 105 degrees F in Sacramento, California

1986 Event - 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana

1985 Event - 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985)

1985 Event - -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record)

1985 Event - -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)

1985 Event - -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)

1985 Event - -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)

1985 Event - -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record)

1985 Event - Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago)

1983 Event - 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record)

1983 Event - Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852

1983 Event - 104 degrees F (40.3 degrees C) in Garmersdorf (German record)

1983 Event - -128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)

1982 Event - 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December

1982 Event - 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August

1982 Event - -117 degrees F; All time low at South Pole

1982 Event - -17 degrees F (27.2 degrees C) in Braemar Grampian (equals U.K. record)

1982 Event - Bengals beat Chargers in -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C) to win AFC championship

1981 Event - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)

1980 Event - 61 degrees F in Boston at 1 AM

1980 Event - Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5 degrees C temp

1979 Event - 28 degrees F in Embarrass Minnesota

1979 Event - 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)

1979 Event - -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record)

1976 Event - Coldest World Series game Yankees vs Cincinnati, 39 degrees F (until 1997)

1975 Event - 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)

1975 Event - 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record)

1972 Event - 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June

1971 Event - -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (U.S. record)

1971 Event - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)

1968 Event - -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop, Washington (state record)

1968 Event - 41 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July

1967 Event - Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13 degrees F)

1966 Event - Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7 degrees N 162 degrees E

1966 Event - -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)

1966 Event - -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record)

1965 Event - A Penzias and R Wilson detect 3 degrees K primordial background radiation

1964 Event - 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April

1963 Event - -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)

1962 Event - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees

1961 Event - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record)

1961 Event - 108 degrees F, Spokane, WA

1961 Event - 106 degrees F, hottest temperature in San Francisco

1961 Event - Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale

1960 Event - -127 degrees F (-88 degrees C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)

1958 Event - After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion

1956 Event - 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high)

1956 Event - -5 degrees F (15 degrees C) in Sicily

1955 Event - 100 degrees F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington

1954 Event - 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)

1954 Event - 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)

1954 Event - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record)

1954 Event - 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)

1954 Event - 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994)

1954 Event - -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (U.S. 48 state record)

1954 Event - -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)

1953 Event - 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept

1953 Event - 86 degrees F in Anchorage Alaska

1952 Event - 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record)

1951 Event - U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea

1951 Event - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)

1951 Event - -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)

1950 Event - 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov

1950 Event - South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude

1950 Event - 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January

1949 Event - Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes

1948 Event - 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August

1948 Event - -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March

1947 Event - Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F

1947 Event - -8 degrees F (-13 degrees C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)

1947 Event - 98 degrees F (36.8 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands

1947 Event - -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C), Snag Yukon (North American record)

1946 Event - 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct

1944 Event - 94.5 degrees F (34.7 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands and 101.5 degrees F (38.6 degrees C) in Warnsvelt

1943 Event - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)

1943 Event - -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)

1943 Event - Temperature rises 49 degrees F (9 degrees C) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD

1943 Event - Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F

1943 Event - -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)

1942 Event - 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept

1942 Event - 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel

1942 Event - -19 degrees F (-27.4 degrees C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850

1942 Event - -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)

1941 Event - 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July

1941 Event - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash

1940 Event - -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)

1938 Event - Los Angeles freezes at 28 degrees F

1938 Event - 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)

1938 Birthday - John Guare, U.S. writer, 6 degrees of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off

1937 Event - 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)

1937 Event - -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record)

1937 Event - -50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)

1936 Birthday - Sylvain Saudan, skiier, 60 degrees descent

1936 Event - 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa

1936 Event - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Seymour, Texas (state record)

1936 Event - 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)

1936 Event - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)

1936 Event - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Minden, Nebraska (state record)

1936 Event - 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), near Alton, Kansas (state record)

1936 Event - 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)

1936 Event - 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Mio, Michigan (state record)

1936 Event - 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (state record)

1936 Event - 109 degrees F (43 degrees C) Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record)

1936 Event - 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record

1936 Event - 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record)

1936 Event - 112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record

1936 Event - 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)

1936 Event - 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record)

1936 Event - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)

1936 Event - -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record)

1936 Event - -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record)

1935 Event - -11 degrees F (-24 degrees C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)

1934 Event - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record)

1934 Event - 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record)

1934 Event - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)

1934 Event - 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Orogrande New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)

1934 Event - -14.3 degrees F (-25.7 degrees C), coldest day in New York City

1934 Event - -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)

1933 Event - -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record)

1933 Event - Temp reaches 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C) at San Luis Potosi, Mexico (world record)

1933 Event - -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record)

1933 Event - -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record)

1933 Event - -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Seminole, Texas (state record)

1933 Event - -90 degrees F (-68 degrees C), Oymyakon, U.S.S.R. (Asian record)

1932 Event - SF's coldest day (27 degrees F) - it snows

1932 Event - 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February

1931 Event - 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record)

1931 Event - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record)

1930 Event - 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)

1930 Event - 115 degrees F (46 degrees C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record)

1930 Event - 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)

1930 Event - 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)

1930 Event - 106 degrees F (41 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record)

1930 Event - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)

1930 Event - -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)

1929 Event - 31.1 degrees C (88 degrees F) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt

1926 Event - 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)

1926 Event - 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record)

1925 Event - 112 F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)

1925 Event - -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)

1925 Event - -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record)

1924 Event - 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins

1924 Event - 108 degrees F (42 degrees C) in Blitzen Oregon

1922 Event - 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record)

1922 Event - Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C)

1922 Event - -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record)

1921 Event - Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0 degrees C

1917 Event - -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)

1917 Event - -37 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record)

1916 Event - Temp falls from 44 degrees F (7 degrees C) to -56 degrees F (49 degrees C) night of 23-24, Browning, Montana

1915 Event - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record)

1915 Event - 92 degrees F (33.3 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands

1914 Event - 34.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands

1913 Event - 134 degrees F (57 degrees C), Greenland Ranch, California (U.S. record)

1912 Event - 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record)

1912 Event - Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship

1912 Event - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record)

1912 Event - -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record)

1911 Event - 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands

1911 Event - 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)

1911 Event - 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)

1911 Event - 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)

1910 Event - 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March

1909 Event - Ernest Shackleton reaches 88 degrees 23' south

1908 Event - H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269 degrees C)

1907 Event - Lowest temp ever in 48 U.S. states for June, 2 degrees F in Tamarack California

1907 Event - -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)

1905 Event - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)

1905 Event - 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker Ariz (state record)

1905 Event - -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)

1905 Event - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)

1905 Event - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)

1904 Event - -34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)

1904 Event - -42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)

1903 Event - -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)

1901 Event - 34-35 degrees N/98-99 degrees W open for U.S. colonization

1900 Event - 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)

1899 Event - 80 degrees F in San Francisco

1899 Event - -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record)

1899 Event - -1 degrees F (-18 degrees C) New Orleans, Louisiana

1899 Event - -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)

1899 Event - -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record)

1899 Event - -15 degrees F (-26 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record)

1899 Event - -61 degrees F, Montana (record low temperature)

1899 Event - -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)

1896 Event - Temperature hits 127 degrees F at Fort Mojave, California

1896 Event - Lowest U.S. temperature in May recorded -10 degrees F - Climax, Colorado

1895 Event - -17 degrees F (-27.2 degrees C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)

1893 Event - -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)

1891 Event - 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia

1889 Event - 128 degrees F (53 degrees C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)

1888 Event - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)

1881 Event - 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Seville, Spain (European record)

1879 Event - 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May

1872 Event - -8 degrees F in Boston, Massachusetts

1860 Event - Temperature hits 115 degrees F in Ft. Scott and 112 degrees F in Topeka Kansas

1855 Event - Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg)

1852 Event - Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg)

1846 Event - Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49 degrees N

1845 Event - -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen

1832 Event - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache St-Pauls, 1 degrees N, 29 degrees W

1824 Event - Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N

1823 Event - English Captain James Weddell reaches 74 degrees 15' S, 1520 km from S pole

1810 Event - Overnight temp at Portsmouth, New Hampshire drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C)

1786 Event - Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City

1774 Event - Captain Cook reaches 71 degrees 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)

1773 Event - Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S)













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