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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds "The Real Debate" at 9:00 p.m. ET on June 27, the same time as the first presidential debate o...
Apr 29, 2022 · As the train inched toward the center of McKeesport, Nixon and Kennedy saw crumbling brick row houses, many of them squalid tenements housing low-income Black people, Mexicans and the elderly.
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...
Sep 26, 2016 · Have You Seen This Man? Sept. 26, 1960: John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon face off for the nation's first televised presidential debate.
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Sep 26, 2017 · The debate was watched live by 70 million Americans and it made politics an electronic spectator sport. It also gave many potential voters their first chance to see actual presidential candidates in a live environment, as potential leaders.
Sep 21, 2022 · The modern debate era began in 1960 when Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) squared off against Vice President Richard M. Nixon. This time television cameras were present. The national broadcast...
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Sep 23, 2010 · Beyond what the debate meant for the political arena, by catapulting Kennedy to the presidency, Sorensen speculates it fundamentally altered the world as we know it.