The True Tale of the JFK-Nixon ... Richard Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance that autumn night opened a pathway to the White House for the tanned and telegenic Sen. John F. Kennedy.

"If Americans viewed John F. Kennedy as their shining hero," wrote biographer Christopher Matthews, "they also recognized the five o'clock shadow of Richard Nixon in the fluorescent light of their ...

26, 1960, as Vice President Richard Nixon, a California Republican, and Sen. John F. Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, debated on television before a national audience. The nation's first-ever ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On September 26, 1960, then-Senator John F. Kennedy and then-Vice President Richard Nixon faced off in the first televised presidential debate.

MIAMI, Nov. 14, 1960 (UPI) - President-elect John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon today had what Kennedy described as a "very cordial meeting" for an hour at Nixon's vacation ...

On Sept. 26, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts met for the first ever televised presidential debate in Studio 1 at the old CBS Chicago broadcast ...

Campaign managers in both parties had suffered from a case of nerves as they awaited last night's radio-television debate between Vice President Richard M. Nixon ... Sen. John F. Kennedy, the ...

One photo shows the Sept. 26, 1960, debate between then-Vice President Richard Nixon and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy from behind the cameras and lights used in the first-ever televised clash.

Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon participated the first ever televised debate on Sept. 26, 1960 at the old CBS Chicago studios. Bill Kurtis reports on the history of ...

Veteran journalist Chris Wallace joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about his new book, "Countdown 1960," which gives an inside look at the campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Arrests are ...

President Biden and former President Trump’s tense Thursday night match-up was the first debate since 1960 to not feature a live audience. CNN CEO Mark Thompson told Axios earlier this week that ...