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Longest continuous live coverage by the major TV networks: John F. Kennedy’s assassination (11/22-24/1963) 41 hrs., 18 mins. Apollo 11’s landing on the moon (7/20-21/1969) 31 hrs. Nixon-Humphrey election (11/5-6/1968) 16 hrs., 30 mins. Kennedy-Nixon election (11/8-9/1960) 12 hrs. John Glenn’s orbital space mission (2/20/1962) 11 hrs., 30 mins. Source: NBC News Archives, CBS News Archives

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