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Replica of the shoe thrown at George W. Bush in a New York Museum . 7 April: Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the former Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan, was leaving the back door of the Sindh assembly building after taking oath as a newly elected member when he was hit by a shoe allegedly thrown by Agha Javed Pathan, a worker from the Pakistan Peoples Party.
On 14 December 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi removed his shoes and threw them at United States president George W. Bush during a joint press conference with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq. Bush quickly ducked, avoiding being hit by either of the shoes. The second shoe collided with a U.S. flag positioned ...
Khrushchev at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on 22 September, three weeks before the incident. The alleged [1] 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 ...
Muntadhar al Zaidi became a symbol of resistance when he threw his shoes at president Bush. Years later, he has no regrets, writes Richard Hall
The post “Karen” Throws A Shoe At Customer’s Head: “I Don’t Work Here, Lady” first appeared on Bored Panda. As this story shows, it may end up in a great deal of embarrassment for the ...
In 2014 a woman threw her shoe at Hillary Clinton during a speaking tour in Las Vegas. [11] On September 21, 2016, Kevin Johnson, the Mayor of Sacramento, was pied by Sean Thompson at a charity event. Johnson punched Thompson, who was later arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges. [85]
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Peter Robert Gray (10 May 1980 – 30 April 2011) was an Australian environmental activist, notable for two landmark court cases, and for having thrown his shoes in public at former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard in protest over Australia's participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.