On this day in 1955, Israel obtained four of the seven Dead Sea scrolls.
On this day in 1967, American researchers discovered the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
On this day in 2004, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".