Today in History: On this day in 1930, Pluto was Discovered

1930 – Pluto Discovered
Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh located a new planet while in the observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and named it after the Greek god of the underworld, Pluto. ( It has since been downgraded to a dwarf planet )

1965 James Bonard Fowler shoots Jimmie Lee Jackson
500 people march in protest from Zion United Methodist Church in Marion, Alabama to the City Jail about a half a block away where a young Civil Rights worker was being held. They are stopped by Marion City police officers, sheriff’s deputies and Alabama State Troopers from proceeding and while stopped city lights go off and police begin beating the protesters ( members of the press are also attacked by the police ) in the melee that follows a number of shots are fired and Jimmie Lee Jackson is shot in the stomach dying 1 week later of his wounds. At the time no charges were made as the police officer claimed Jackson attempted to take his gun from his holster.
42 years after the shooting in 2007 James Bonard Fowler is charged with first degree and second degree murder for the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson and is awaiting trial.

1972 – Death Penalty
The California Supreme Court eliminated the death penalty with a 6-1 vote, saying it was unconstitutional

2005 – England Fox Hunting
Fox hunting with dogs becomes illegal in England and Wales which is bitterly opposed by the Countryside Alliance which supports fox hunting.

2009 – General Motors says that it will be cutting 47,000 jobs worldwide
General Motors has said that it will be axing 47,000 jobs around the world in 2009. The car giant has said that 26,000 of its job cuts will come from outside of the U.S. They added it would need a total of $30 billion in government aid by 2011 to avoid a complete collapse. With its restructuring, G.M. will be expecting to start repaying this in 2012, and fully pay it off by 2017. The firm said the cutbacks would see five of its U.S. factories shut down.

2009 – Google lawsuit dismissed
The Pittsburgh couple that filed a legal claim at Google’s Street View for violating their privacy have had their case thrown out by a federal judge. Christine and Aaron Boring had sued the search giant after photos of their home appeared on the free mapping program. The couple accused Google of privacy violation, negligence, trespassing and unjust enrichment. In her ruling, Judge Amy Reynolds Hay said the Borings had ‘failed to state a claim under any count.’ The Borings live on a driveway labeled ‘Private Road,’ and they claimed that Google would have had to have taken pictures from it.

Content sourced from: The people history