Vice President Richard Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy faced off in the first televised presidential debate in U.S. history on this day in history, Sept. 26, 1960.

On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention.

"What we have today is more like a competitive press conference," Nichter said. "Even in 1960, Nixon came ready to debate whereas JFK knew the real audience was the one watching at home.

Brad Meltzer joined Brian Kilmeade to discuss his new book “THE JFK CONSPIRACY: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy and Why It Failed” Plus, Meltzer on the similarities between the 1960 election ...

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.

The 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate addresses critical domestic and international issues facing the United States. Senator Kennedy emphasizes the need for a stronger America to ensure global freedom ...

Because of something that is all but lost to history—something deliriously unlikely that happened on Election Day 1960, as Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon prepared to find ...