And that’s the way it was: April 12, 1961 April 12, 2013 By The Editors Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to fly in space
And that’s the way it was: April 11, 1976 April 11, 2013 By The Editors The first Apple computer is created
And that’s the way it was: April 9, 1865 April 9, 2013 By The Editors Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
Ellie finalists announced April 8, 2013 By The Editors National mag awards honor the best work last year
And that’s the way it was: April 8, 1904 April 8, 2013 By The Editors Longacre Square is renamed Times Square after The New York Times
Must-reads of the week April 5, 2013 By The Editors The business outsider, the future of currency, the distance to Mars
And that’s the way it was: April 5, 1951 April 5, 2013 By The Editors Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage
ICYMI: CJR’s panel at the Newseum April 4, 2013 By The Editors Farai Chideya, Gene Policinski, Jeff Yang, Raquel Cepeda, and Richard Prince discuss coverage of race, class, and social mobility
And that’s the way it was: April 4, 1968 April 4, 2013 By The Editors Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN