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Shoe-banging incident
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The shoe-banging incident occurred when Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, pounded his shoe on his delegate-desk in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong during the 902nd Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York City on 12 October 1960.
Khrushchev at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on 22 September, three weeks before the incident
Khrushchev at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on 22 September, three weeks before the incident
The often used fake image of Khrushchev waving a shoe (above), and the original photo taken at the United Nations General Assembly, 10 October 1960, A
The often used fake image of Khrushchev waving a shoe (above), and the original photo taken at the United Nations General Assembly, 10 October 1960, AP archives (below)
Sculpture of the incident in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Sculpture of the incident in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Lorenzo Sumulong
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Lorenzo Sumulong Sumulong Sr. was a Filipino politician who served in the Philippine Senate for four decades, and as a delegate of his country to the United Nations. He was noted for having engaged in a debate with Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations General Assembly that (allegedly) provoked the Soviet Union Premier to bang his shoe on a desk.
Lorenzo Sumulong
Lorenzo Sumulong