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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Aug. 24 -- Dag Hammarskjold arranged today to leave by air for the Middle East at 6:30 P. M. tomorrow.
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Nationalists balk Communist efforts to land on Tungting; details; Quemoy shelling resumed; Nationalist Min denies shelling was provoked by arrival of Nationalist troop transports at Quemoy; US denies advisers on Quemoy have been evacuated; Min Huang comments on Dulles warning; Peiping says bombardment retaliates for Nationalists firing on coastal areas; map; Nationalist troops illus
Fed troops quell riots; students still hold some buses; illus
ROCHESTER, Aug. 24 -- Mrs. May Preston Davie was unanimously elected tonight as chairman of the New York County delegation to the Republican state convention.
1958Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and producer. Known for popularizing Goth culture in the American film industry, Burton is famous for his gothic horror and dark fantasy films. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and was given the Order of Arts and Letters by Culture Minister of France in 2010.
1958Christian LeBlanc, American actor[†]
Christian Jules LeBlanc is an American television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He has received nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations and three wins for his work on The Young and the Restless.
1958The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.[†]
Instant noodles, or instant ramen, is a type of food consisting of noodles sold in a precooked and dried block with flavoring powder and/or seasoning oil. The dried noodle block was originally created by flash-frying cooked noodles, which is still the dominant method used in Asian countries; air-dried noodle blocks are favored in Western countries. Dried noodle blocks are designed to be cooked or soaked in boiling water before eating. Ramen, a Japanese adaptation of Chinese noodle soup, is sometimes used as a descriptor for instant noodle flavors by some Japanese manufacturers. It has become synonymous in the United States with all instant noodle products.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]