187 years ago on September 18th, 1837 Tiffany, Young and Ellis is founded in New York, selling stationary and fancy goods. By 1853, the store would shift its focus to jewelry and become Tiffany and Company References: Wikipedia
173 years ago on September 18th, 1851 The first edition of the New-York Daily Times is published. Six years later, the paper would shorten its name to the New York Times
23 years ago on September 18th, 2001 One week after the September 11th attacks, letters containing anthrax poison are mailed to four NYC-area newsrooms and two Democratic Senators, killing five people