October 12, 1960 –
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev disrupted a U.N. General Assembly session by pounding his desk with a shoe during a dispute on this date.
This resulted in the popular stereotype of the Soviet Dictator who pounds his desk with his shoe.
In fact, many Soviet Dictators did not pound their desks with their shoes. They had their deputies do it for them.
And so it goes
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