BUS 449 Post 14

In this post I will share another top list with you. This time however it will be about the top 5 most infamous shoes in history which left their mark in everybody’s memory.

#5 Richard Reed

His pair of shoes became famous because he used it to hide an explosive inside. The bomb was intended to blow a plane. Later after the incident the shoe inspection at the airports became a must. The Richard Reed’s shoes are reason for the essential search policy on many airports.

#4 Cinderella’s shoes

I am not talking here for some fancy model of Christian Louboutin, but for the crystal shoes from the famous Disney animation. The shoes that the princess lost and become a reason for her to find her one and true love still evokes memories in most of the girls and women around the world.

#3 Nicholas Ceausescu

The former president of Romania, Nicholas Ceausescu is known by his iron and tyrannical rule over the Romanian people. However apart from this he is famous for his love of shoes. It is said that he wore a pair of new shoes every day and at the end of the day he was ordering his butler to burn them so no one can use them again.

#2 Eva Peron

The famous for her humanitarian fights, Eva Peron, the wife of the Argentinian president Juan Peron, is also known for her love of shoes. 

#1 Nikita Khrushchev’s shoes:

Probably the most famous shoe in history is the one Nikita Khrushchev pointed at the UN delegation on the National Assembly of UN. 

I hope you liked it and learned something new today

SG