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  1. Oct 4, 2012 · October 3, 2012 / 8:34 PM EDT / CBS News. If you were watching television on the night of Sept. 26, 1960, you probably thought that the young Sen. John F. Kennedy had won that night's presidential ...

  2. Aug 22, 2023 · August 22, 2023 11:38 AM EDT. The first televised presidential debate may not be the one you think it is. Many Americans think of the famous 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate as the advent of televised ...

  3. Sep 26, 2023 · About 85 to 120 million people turned on their televisions at home or went to public places to watch as the first televised presidential debate aired 63 years ago, today. Not only did the televised debate make history for being the first of its kind but, “pollsters estimated that approximately 2.4 million voters determined their choice of ...

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  5. Sep 7, 2017 · The first televised presidential debate took place on Sept. 26, 1960, between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy. The first televised debate is considered among the most important in American history not just because of its use of a new medium but its impact on the presidential race that year. Many historians ...

  6. Sep 24, 2020 · Kennedy and Nixon perpared differently for the debate. The first-ever televised presidential debate took place on September 26, 1960, in Chicago and was broadcast on CBS to 66.4 million TVs across ...

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