[wideminded]

As a kid I once went on a tour of the UN headquarters. One of the things we were told was that someone once tried to fire a mortar at the UN from across the East River.

I just remembered this when I saw this thread and I was curious what it was all about. Apparently the mortar incident happened on December 11th, 1964 when Che Guevara was speaking the UN. A single shell was fired which fell slightly short but did explode in the river.

[Roccus]

http://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/12/bazooka-fired-at-un-as-cuban-speaks.html?_r=0