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 ...
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 ...