LOOKING BACK

1864: Congress authorized the use of the phrase “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins.

1952: An atomic test in Nevada became the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television as a 31-kiloton bomb was dropped from a B-50 Superfortress.

1994: Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died at a New York hospital four days after suffering a stroke; he was 81.