A televised picture, broadcast in May 1977, of American presidential candidates John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) and Richard Nixon (1913-1994) at a Chicago television studio for their debate on Sept ...

Fifty years ago this month, Richard Nixon stood uncomfortably on the Capitol’s inaugural platform and watched his rival John F. Kennedy being sworn in as president. “We won” the election ...

The first of the four “Great Debates” between Republican candidate for president Richard Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy, September 26, 1960, was historic for many reasons.

It’s been five decades since the first televised presidential debates in U.S. history, but the four TV showdowns between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in the fall of 1960 still hold a ...

John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon are both products of the 20th century, but, paradoxically, they have reversed their inheritances. Kennedy, born to wealth, has come to know the problems of the ...

I t’s been more than 50 years since America’s first televised presidential debates, but the four TV showdowns between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in the fall of 1960 still hold a ...

When John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon engaged in the third of their four nationally televised presidential debates on Oct. 13, 1960, Game Seven of the World Series had been played earlier that day.

Since the Kennedy-Nixon election, TV debates have been very influential. ... It all started on Sept. 20, 1960, when John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon squared off against each other in Chicago.

Sept. 26, 1960 was the date of the first debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, signalling a new era where television would be a dominant force in politics.

There would have been no John F. Kennedy as brilliant statesman cut off in his prime, had it not been for those riveting days from Dealey Plaza to Arlington and the lighting of the Eternal Flame.

From left to right, Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Don Hewitt of CBS News and Vice President Richard M. Nixon (1913 -1994) at the first televised presidential debate on Sept. 26, 1960 ...

Richard Nixon in Los Angeles and John F. Kennedy in New York during their third presidential debate on Oct. 13, 1960. (MPI / Getty Images) By Stephen Battaglio ...