Sylvia Rivera

Historical marker location:

3656 North Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is on North Halsted Street south of Waveland Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2016

The first televised presidential debate in history was held in Illinois in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The debate was held at the studios of CBS in Chicago and was watched by an estimated 70 million people.