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Today In History: September 18


1851: The New York Times was founded, marking a key development in American journalism.

1863: The Battle of Chickamauga began, a major engagement of the Civil War's Western Theater, near the Georgia-Tennessee border.

1914: German and French forces engaged at the Battle of the Aisne, as WWI dug in for a long and costly engagement.

1944: The Soviet Red Army began its push into Yugoslavia, pushing out Nazi forces in the Balkans.

1970: The Dawson's Field hijackings occurred, as Palestinian terrorists hijacked multiple airliners and caused a large scale international crisis.