The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

26, 1960, as Vice President Richard Nixon ... The nation's first-ever televised presidential debate was held in Chicago and broadcast on CBS. The candidates squared off on television three ...

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 ...

Presidential and vice presidential debates ... Kennedy and Richard Nixon faced off in the first televised debate in history in 1960. Over the next six decades, candidates have sparred and argued ...

Debates can help undecided voters form a preference. And when a candidate is relatively unknown, as was the case with Obama in 2008 or Democrat John F Kennedy in 1960, presidential debates can ...

Kennedy’s narrow 1960 victory over Richard Nixon was powered by his telegenic appearance in the first presidential debate, contrasted with Nixon’s haggard visage. Yet the main point of ...

Since 1960, when Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts squared off against incumbent vice president Richard M. Nixon in the first debate between presidential nominees, the made-for-TV events have ...

The 1960 presidential debates series was held between two men who would both eventually be elected president: John F. Kennedy (JFK), that election's ultimate winner and at the time a Massachusetts ...

WHAT WAS THE THE FOCUS AND THE GOAL OF THAT FIRST DEBATE? SO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HAPPENS IN 1960 BETWEEN RICHARD NIXON AND JOHN KENNEDY. AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THE TWO MEN LOOKED ...

As the Commission on Presidential Debates was only established in 1987, debates prior to 1988 were sponsored by different organizations. For example, the four debates in 1960 were sponsored by the ...

Since 1960, Debates have been sanctioned -- and scheduled -- by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, with the previous earliest one taking place when Ronald Reagan faced off against ...

This will be the first general election presidential debate without an in-person audience in more than six decades. The last time was in 1960, when Richard M. Nixon, the Republican vice president ...