On this day in 1959, the first Anglo-US TV debate took place. If there were a debate between Gordon Brown and President Obama, what would you want them to discuss? (Poll)
History was made on 30 August 1959 when American President Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met in a live TV debate which was broadcasted from 10 Downing Street. The president was on a nine-day tour of Europe and scheduled the meeting within it.