Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 January 2007

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The bombing was a reaction to Black Activist Angela Davis' arrest and a protest against the war in Vietnam. It was the first action undertaken by an all-women's unit of the Weather Underground.
(14 October 1970)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 5th of January 2007 17 years ago
Inventor of instant noodles Momofuku Andō born as Wu Pai-fu dies of heart failure at the age of 97 in Ikeda, Osaka, Kinki, Japan. Andō claimed that the secret of his long life was playing golf and eating Chikin Ramen almost every day. He was said to have eaten instant ramen until the day before he died.