July 19
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Nazi Germany disapproved of contemporary German art movements such as Expressionism and Dada and on July 19, 1937 it opened the Degenerate art travelling exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich, consisting of modernist artworks chaotically hung and accompanied by text labels deriding the art, to inflame public opinion against modernity.
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Art and culture
- 1692 - Salem witch trials: Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
- 1848 - Women's rights: The two day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the "Bloomers" are introduced at the feminist convention.
- 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
- 1937 - Degenerate Art Exhibition opens in Munich, Nazi Germany
- 1938 - Salvador Dali meets Sigmund Freud
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Births
- 1834 - Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
- 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
- 1951 - Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker
- 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
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Deaths
- 1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
- 1543 - Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
- 1631 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (b. 1550)
- 1945 - Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art critic (b. 1864)
- 2002 - Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915)
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