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- Incident occurred on October 13, 1960
- Incident followed a Filipino speaker's comment about Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
- An account of the incident was first published in the New York Times
- Reported by Times' correspondent Benjamin Welles
- Some eyewitnesses claim that Khrushchev only banged his fist on the table
- A UN staffer claims she passed Khrushchev his shoe wrapped in a napkin after a journalist stepped on his heel and knocked it off
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During a United Nations meeting in 1960, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev may have taken off his shoe, stood up and banged it the shoe on the table in a menacing manner, though the event is shrouded in controversy. Nevertheless, the lore of Khrushchev pounding his shoe on the table has become a symbol of the Cold War in the collective historical memory of many Americans.
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No Clear Answer
Some eyewitnesses have confirmed that Khrushchev did remove his shoe, while others maintain that they saw both of his shoes on his feet beneath the table. There is little argument that Khrushchev waved a shoe and mimed hitting it on the table, but whether he actually completed the action has never been confirmed. -
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Khrushchev Shoe Banging News
- Topix.net: Khrushchev Shoe Banging
- Google News: Khrushchev Shoe Banging
- International Herald Tribune: Did he bang it?: Nikita Khrushchev and the shoe (July 26, 2003)
- John Loengard, former picture editor of Time magazine: "(Khrushchev) reached down and took off a brown loafer from his right foot and put it on the desk. He grinned to delegates from the United Arab Republic who sat across the aisle and mimed (with an empty hand) that the next time he'd use the shoe to bang. I can assure you that every camera in the booth was trained on Khrushchev, waiting for him to use the shoe. He only put it on again and left. None of us missed the picture -- which would have been a serious professional error. The event never occurred."
- The New York Times: Recalling Year of the Banging Shoe (December 5, 1988)
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