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  1. Sep 21, 2010 · The first televised presidential debate in American history took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon on September 26, 1960.

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  2. The 1960 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 1960 presidential election between Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee Richard Nixon. The four presidential debates were the first series of debates conducted for any presidential election.

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  3. The fourth debate, in the first set of televised campaign debates, featured an hour long discussion focusing on foreign affairs. Moderated by Quincy Howe of ABC, with questions posed by a panel...

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  4. Sep 26, 2022 · The first presidential debate on TV not only played to Kennedy's charisma, it also merged politics with popular culture — and paved the way for today's image-obsessed electoral landscape.

  5. Jun 25, 2024 · The Biden-Trump encounter this week is unlikely to be recalled in years ahead as pivotal and consequential an encounter as the first Kennedy-Nixon debate — unless some extraordinary moment...

  6. Sep 24, 2020 · How the Kennedy-Nixon Debate Changed American Politics The 1960 debate was the first time the public could watch presidential hopefuls battle on television. By Jordan Zakarin Published:...

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  8. Nov 24, 2009 · For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates—John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixonis shown on television.

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