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** Seventh Night of the Seventh Moon ; this was a one-day festival that was held in honor of the celestial love affair with deities associated with the star Altair ( the male cow-herd deity ) in the constellation Aquila and the star Vega ( the female weaver maid deity ) in the constellation Lyra.
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** Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Moon ; this holiday was called All Saints ' Feast, developing from the legend of the bodhisattva savior Mulian who had discovered his mother paying for her sinful ways while in purgatory filled with hungry ghosts.
** Seventh son: Imperial Prince Yoshihito ( 好仁親王 ) ( later First Takamatsu-no-miya ) ( 1603 – 1638 )
** Marble Hill – 225th Street ( IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line ), a subway station serving that neighborhood via the train
** and Night
** In the United States, a " Night of Terror " results in the injury of several influential suffragettes.
** Beginning with the Night of the Pencils, a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances followed by torture, rape, and murder of students under the Argentine dictatorship takes place.
** Monday Night Football debuts on ABC ; the Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Jets 31-21 in front of more than 85, 000 fans at Cleveland Stadium.
** Rembrandt's painting " The Night Watch " is slashed a dozen times at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
** A Disco Demolition Night publicity stunt goes awry at Comiskey Park, forcing the Chicago White Sox to forfeit their game against the Detroit Tigers.
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