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Tuesday

Even New Year's Day in '54 looks dull. These women were waiting for a ferry in Liverpool. Bert Hardy/Hulton Archive hide caption

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Was April 11, 1954, Really 'The Most Boring Day'?

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Saturday

Gambling Legend Wasn't Always A Winner

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Friday

The legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., shown on April 20, 1972, is spelled out in more than 1,300 legal opinions. John Rous/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Monday

Carlos Eire is a professor of history and religious studies at Yale. Free Press hide caption

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Thursday

'Franklin And Eleanor': A Marriage Ahead Of Its Time

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Monday

Sunday

After he left the CIA in disgrace, Philip Agee wrote an expose called Inside the Company. That book, which revealed assassinations and the names of other agents, was later used by the CIA as a recruitment tool. Agee (shown in Cuba in 2000) died two years ago in Havana. Jose Goitia/AP hide caption

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