2012 Event A debate among EU commissioners on a proposal to accept a 40 percent quota for women on corporate boards is delayed until November 2012 1996 Event Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate 1992 Event 1st 3-way presidential debate (Bush-Clinton-Perot) 1991 Event U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis 1990 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1990 Death Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate President debate, dies at 84 1988 Event U.N. votes 151-2 (Isr and U.S.) to move PLO debate to Geneva, British abstains 1988 Event George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate 1987 Event Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination 1985 Event Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised 1982 Event Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams D-New Jersey 1976 Event 1st debate of major-ticket Vice President nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R) 1976 Event Ford-Carter TV debate 1975 Event Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 1960 Event John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City) 1960 Event 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY 1960 Event John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate 1960 Event 2nd John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate 1959 Event Vice President Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate" 1947 Event U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps 1936 Event 1st parliamentary debate on New Zealand radio 1920 Event H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae 1914 Birthday Howard K Smith, Louisiana, TV newsman, ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate 1858 Event 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) 1787 Event Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begans debate 1519 Event Public debate between Martin Luther and theologist John Eck 1324 Event Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon
