Today In History

In 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published in the United States.

In 1930: The ninth planet of our solar system, Pluto, was discovered.

In 1970: The defendants known as the Chicago Seven were found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

In 1972: The California Supreme Court struck down the state’s death penalty.