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Aug 15, 2008 · Clip from the 1st 1960 presidential debate between Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA). Held on September 26, 1960, it was the first presidential debate...
Sep 21, 2010 · TNC:172 On September 26, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon stood before an audience of 70 million Americans—two-thirds of the nation's adult population—in the first...
On Sept. 26, 1960, 70-million people tuned in as Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy faced off in the first televised presidential debate. ...
May 26, 2022 · Clip #16: Kennedy-Nixon Debate Excerpt (4:40), John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon discuss education during the first presidential debate in 1960. CLIP #15: What was the “plan” that was devised...
Sep 26, 2022 · On Sept. 26, 1960, American politics changed forever as television carried a presidential debate for the first time in history. Massachussets Sen. John F. Kennedy faced off against Vice President Richard M. Nixon in what proved to be a pivotal moment in American politics.
This 11-minute video introduces students to the Kennedy-Nixon debates, but also demonstrates how many of the myths and conventional narratives surrounding that debate aren’t supported by historical evidence.
On September 26, the first debate between then-Vice President Richard Nixon and then-Sen. John Kennedy took place. Nixon, the Republican candidate, had served for eight years as second-in-command to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
