FIRST TELEVISED
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1960
PHOTOGRAPHED IN FORT KNOX,
KENTUCKY, FROM TV TRANSMISSION
Richard M. Nixon (l) and John F. Kennedy (r) were to have four broadcast debates altogether in that autumn of 1960. Both men were subsequently elected president: Senator Kennedy in 1960, and Vice-President Nixon in 1968. President Kennedy was assassinated; President Nixon driven to resign by the Watergate scandal.
Some reflections on the debates by speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, who was there with Kennedy, can be found here; a contemporary newspaper account here; and a more general discussion here.
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