Time: June 1, 1972
Place: Washington, D.C.
Joe Haldeman does a full-twist ass-over-head slip on a slick part of the Oval office floor. Nixon laughs for 18 1/2 minutes.
Time: May 24, 1906
Place: Lambach, Austria
A young Adolf Hitler slips on a puddle of Greenberg's Cleaning Solution, to his great embarrassment and his classmates' delight.
Time: August 10, 1921
Place: New York City, New York
During a garden birthday party Franklin Delano Roosevelt jumps from a roof whilst holding an umbrella, shattered legs blamed on 'polio.'
Time: November 22, 1963
Place: Dallas, Texas
Secret Service sniper James Cooley trips over a particularly rambunctious Golden Retriever puppy on the roof of the Dallas Book Depository, accidentally discharging his firearm in "no particular direction, honest."
Time: December 20, 2007
Place: Badger, IO
A running skid with full extension arm spin at a campaign event is seen as humanizing presidential candidate Hilary Clinton.
Time: August 6, 1945
Place: Washington, D.C.
To distract media attention from a podium slip on the previous day, Truman orders the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Place: Washington, D.C.
Joe Haldeman does a full-twist ass-over-head slip on a slick part of the Oval office floor. Nixon laughs for 18 1/2 minutes.
Time: May 24, 1906
Place: Lambach, Austria
A young Adolf Hitler slips on a puddle of Greenberg's Cleaning Solution, to his great embarrassment and his classmates' delight.
Time: August 10, 1921
Place: New York City, New York
During a garden birthday party Franklin Delano Roosevelt jumps from a roof whilst holding an umbrella, shattered legs blamed on 'polio.'
Time: November 22, 1963
Place: Dallas, Texas
Secret Service sniper James Cooley trips over a particularly rambunctious Golden Retriever puppy on the roof of the Dallas Book Depository, accidentally discharging his firearm in "no particular direction, honest."
Time: December 20, 2007
Place: Badger, IO
A running skid with full extension arm spin at a campaign event is seen as humanizing presidential candidate Hilary Clinton.
Time: August 6, 1945
Place: Washington, D.C.
To distract media attention from a podium slip on the previous day, Truman orders the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
