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The 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate didn't just choose a president—it changed how we see leadership. As Biden and Trump face off today, discover how this historic ...
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The 1960 presidential cycle featured former Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, a Republican. The first debate, and the first one...
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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...
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Sep 21, 2010 · The first televised presidential debate in American history took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon on September 26, 1960. The Kennedy-Nixon debates not only had a major...
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7 hours ago · John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate in September 1960, as seen on a black-and-white TV. Associated Press The debate as a draw. What the public is often told nowadays about that first-of-its ...
2 days ago · Max Frankel, then the executive editor of The New York Times, wrote several months after Nixon’s death in 1994 that “Nixon lost a TV debate, and the Presidency, to John F. Kennedy in 1960 ...
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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.