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1996 Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate

1992 1st 3-way presidential debate (Bush-Clinton-Perot)

1991 U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis

1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1990 Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate President debate, dies at 84

1988 U.N. votes 151-2 (Isr and U.S.) to move PLO debate to Geneva, British abstains

1988 George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate

1987 Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination

1985 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised

1982 Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams D-New Jersey

1976 1st debate of major-ticket Vice President nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R)

1976 Ford-Carter TV debate

1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate

1960 John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City)

1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY

1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate

1960 2nd John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate

1959 Vice President Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate"

1947 U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps

1936 1st parliamentary debate on New Zealand radio

1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae

1914 Howard K Smith, Louisiana, TV newsman, ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate

1858 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)

1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begans debate

1519 Public debate between Martin Luther and theologist John Eck

1324 Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon


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