May 23
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Nietzsche himself would meditate after the Commune on the "fight against culture", taking as example the intentional burning of the Tuileries Palace on May 23 1871. "The criminal fight against culture is only the reverse side of a criminal culture" wrote Klossowski after quoting Nietzsche.
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Art and culture
- 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake, in Florence, Italy.
- 1568 - Netherlands declare independence from Spain.
- 1759 - Laurence Sterne offers the first two volumes of Tristram Shandy to Robert Dodsley for publication, who rejects the manuscript.
- 1871 - Tuileries Palace set on fire by the communards
- 1934 - American outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are killed by the police.
- 1969 - The Who releases the first rock opera Tommy
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Births
- 1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
- 1734 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (d. 1815)
- 1934 - Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Aslan, French painter, sculptor and pin-up artist
- 1939 – Michel Colombier, French composer (d. 2004)
- 1944 - Lena Nyman, Swedish actress of Curious series
- 1965 - Tom Tykwer, German film director, best known for Run Lola Run
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Deaths
- 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola, Italian book burner and arts vandal (b. 1452)
- 1701 - Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
- 1906 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b. 1828)
- 1934 - Clyde Barrow, American outlaw (b. 1909)
- 1934 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (b. 1910)
- 1997 - James Lee Byars, American modern artist specializing in installation sculpture and in performance art. (b. 1932)
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