President Kennedy's victory over favorite Nixon in the 1960 presidential election is largely attributed to his better performance in the first televised U.S. presidential debates in U.S. history.

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• Wikipedia: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
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• Wikipedia: U.S. presidential debate

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On September 26, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon stood before an audience of 70 million Americans—two-thirds of the nation's a...