When JFK won the US presidency
The US election of 1960 was a close race between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Witness History · BBC World Service
October 26, 202010m 40s
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Show Notes
Ted Sorensen was a close aide and speechwriter for John F Kennedy. In an interview with Lucy Williamson he remembered the night that Kennedy won the US presidential election in 1960. It was a close race against the Republican contender Richard Nixon.
Photo: US President John F. Kennedy giving his first State of the Union address to Congress in January 1961. (Credit: NASA/SSPL/Getty Images)