Friday, February 19, 2010

Question - 433

Identify the guy in the middle and the occasion.

Answer: This is Nikita Khrushchev who once took off his shoe and started banging on the table to attract attention at the United Nations general assembly. Krithi, Hirak, Manix, Ramji, Rajesh and Pavan got it. Well done.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nikita Khrushchev.USSR Premier banging his shoe at the UN General Assembly on October 13, 1960. In a response to the Philippine delegate who said that the Soviet Union had ‘swallowed up and deprived [Eastern Europe] of political and civil rights’, the Romanian delegate began shouting at his Philippine colleague. In order to attract the attention of the chair, Khrushche took his shoe off and waved it.
krithi

hirak Parikh said...

Nikita Kruschev - Cold War issue at the UN

Bharath said...

Hint?

Anonymous said...

Krushchev's shoe-banging at the UN

Unknown said...

No idea, but the shoe on the table is intriguing

Unknown said...

nikita khruschev's show banging incident at the UN.

rajesh said...

Nikita Khrushchev at the UN responding to Philippine ambassador.

pavan said...

Nikita Khruschev

Dinesh Krithivasan said...

@Bharath: Sorry, didn't see your comment till after publishing all comments and it is too late for a hint now.