On this day: December 14
George Washington dies, a spacecraft flies by Venus for the first time, Bob Dylan releases his first single, and President George W. Bush ducks flying shoes in Iraq, all on this day.
2008: President George W. Bush is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. In March 2009, he would be sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit. The sentence was later reduced to one year and al-Zaidi was released on Sept. 15, 2009, for good behavior after serving nine months of the sentence.
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