US Special Operations Command Central - TODAY IN HISTORY - Nikita Khrushchev, a Russian leader, pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations. In one of the most surreal moments
![British Pathé on Twitter: "12 October marks 60 Years since the 'Shoe-Banging Incident' at the UN, in which Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on his delegate-desk in protest at a British Pathé on Twitter: "12 October marks 60 Years since the 'Shoe-Banging Incident' at the UN, in which Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on his delegate-desk in protest at a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkHYY_BXYAMUl7s.jpg)
British Pathé on Twitter: "12 October marks 60 Years since the 'Shoe-Banging Incident' at the UN, in which Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on his delegate-desk in protest at a
![Heretic, Rebel, a Thing to Flout: The Scary Ogre With the Shoe—A Red, White and Blue Propaganda Coup Heretic, Rebel, a Thing to Flout: The Scary Ogre With the Shoe—A Red, White and Blue Propaganda Coup](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PgYeSrBWuAk/Wd9KyeGrhQI/AAAAAAAAHu0/IdKZNptn_ecD9ORSS4JsObDTmpI_HhhgQCLcBGAs/s1600/Khrushchev-fists.jpg)