Perspective: All-time high temp since 1955

6:31 PM, May 3, 2012   |    comments
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CLEVELAND -- WKYC Chief Meteorologist Betsy Kling says we set a new all-time high temperature today, breaking the record set in 1955.

We wanted to give you some perspective of just how long ago that really was.

  • Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus.
  • Minimum wage was raised from 75 cents to $1
  • Disneyland opened for the first time
  • President Dwight Eisenhower made headlines as the first president to have a news conference for television.
  • Mickey Mantle hit career home run number 100.

When we think of beating the heat, some of us think of ice cream.

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