MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On Sept. 26, 1960, a debate between major party presidential candidates was broadcast for the first time on television. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee faced Richard M.
The year is 1960. In a blur of Cold War anxieties and lunch counter sit-ins, viewers await the presidential debate with bated breath. The assertion that this was the first televised presidential ...
With many polls showing presidential candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain in a dead heat, many are predicting that the first presidential debate on Sept. 26 could be a turning ...
07 Oct 1960, Washington, DC, USA --- Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands after their televised debate of October 7, 1960. The two ...
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