Finally, sure of their find, on March 13, 1930, which was both the 149th anniversary of the discovery of Uranus and what would have been Percival Lowell’s 75th birthday, they announced their discovery. In no time at all, the sensational news spread around the world. The New York Times ran the banner headline: NINTH PLANET FOUND AT EDGE OF SOLAR SYSTEM: FIRST FOUND IN 84 YEARS, and the story was run by countless other papers and radio broadcasts.
