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2020 In Switzerland
Events in the year 2020 in Switzerland. Incumbents *President of the Swiss Confederation: Simonetta Sommaruga *List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland, President of the National Council: Isabelle Moret *List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States, President of the Swiss Council of States: Hans Stöckli Events *9 February – Scheduled date for the first voting in the 2020 Swiss referendums *1 to 2 February – Scheduled date for the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, to be held in Dübendorf *28 April to 3 May – Scheduled date for the road cycling stage race 2020 Tour de Romandie, to be held in Switzerland *25 August 2020 – Raphaël Domjan jumps out of the SolarStratos HB-SXA solar plane in Payerne, Switzerland, with test pilot Miguel Iturmendi in command of the plane, the first jump off of an electric plane and the first free fall in solar history. He dropped several hundred meters and reached a speed of 150kmh. Deaths *1 January – Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1932 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Giuseppe Motta (President) **Edmund Schulthess **Jean-Marie Musy ** Heinrich Häberlin **Marcel Pilet-Golaz **Albert Meyer ** Rudolf Minger Tournaments *1931–32 Nationalliga * Switzerland at the 1932 Summer Olympics * Switzerland at the 1932 Winter Olympics *1932–33 Nationalliga Establishments * Events by Month January *January 9-Émile Ess, a Swiss rower, is born (d. December 1990) February *February 11-Kurt Schmid, a Swiss rower, is born March * April *April 9-Armin Jordan, a Swiss conductor, is born (d. September 2006) May * June * July *July 20- Alice Fischer, a Swiss figure skater, is born *July 29- Walter Loosli, a Swiss sculptor, woodcut engraver and maker of stained and painted glass panels and windows, is born *July 29-Luigi Snozzi, a Swiss architect, is born August *August 21-Kurt Stettler, a Swiss football (association football) goalkeeper, is b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 21st Century In Switzerland
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s In Switzerland
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Switzerland
Events in the year 2020 in Switzerland. Incumbents *President of the Swiss Confederation: Simonetta Sommaruga *List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland, President of the National Council: Isabelle Moret *List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States, President of the Swiss Council of States: Hans Stöckli Events *9 February – Scheduled date for the first voting in the 2020 Swiss referendums *1 to 2 February – Scheduled date for the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, to be held in Dübendorf *28 April to 3 May – Scheduled date for the road cycling stage race 2020 Tour de Romandie, to be held in Switzerland *25 August 2020 – Raphaël Domjan jumps out of the SolarStratos HB-SXA solar plane in Payerne, Switzerland, with test pilot Miguel Iturmendi in command of the plane, the first jump off of an electric plane and the first free fall in solar history. He dropped several hundred meters and reached a speed of 150kmh. Deaths *1 January – Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1939 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Philipp Etter (president) ** Giuseppe Motta ** Johannes Baumann **Hermann Obrecht **Marcel Pilet-Golaz **Albert Meyer (until December), then Ernst Wetter **Rudolf Minger Events * 27–29 January – The men's events of the 1939 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos. Births * 18 May – Doris Ramseier, equestrian * 18 October – Flavio Cotti, politician (died 2020) Deaths * 15 October – Robert Haab, politician (born 1865) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ... 1930s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavio Cotti
Flavio Cotti (18 October 193916 December 2020) was a Swiss politician who served as member of the Federal Council from 1986 to 1999. He was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party from the canton of Ticino. In the 1990s, Cotti led the Swiss government's unsuccessful attempts to further Switzerland's political integration into the European Union. He was President of the Confederation in 1991 and 1998 and headed the departments of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs. Early life and political career Cotti was born in Muralto. After studies of law in Fribourg, he practiced law in Locarno and pursued a political career in his native Ticino. In 1962, he headed the newly founded ''Partito popolare democratico ticinese''. In 1981 he was elected president of the cantonal Christian Democratic Party, and served as president of the national party from 1981 to 1984. Cotti was a member of the cantonal parliament from 1962 to 1975. He was elected to the cantonal government of Tic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 In Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1933 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Giuseppe Motta ** Edmund Schulthess (President) **Jean-Marie Musy **Heinrich Häberlin **Marcel Pilet-Golaz **Albert Meyer **Rudolf Minger Tournaments *1932–33 Nationalliga *1933–34 Nationalliga Establishments *Schurter (incorporated 1949) * Giro del Mendrisiotto, a Swiss bike race, is started *Tour de Suisse, a Swiss bike race, is started * Integra-Signum, a Swiss train protection system, is introduced Events Other * Berne Trial is in progress until 1935 Births *January 6 - Emil Steinberger, comedian, director and writer *January 28 - Fred Mayer, photographer February *February 27 - Livio Vacchini, architect (d. April 2, 2007) March *March 14 - René Felber, politician *March 27 - Oskar von Büren, cyclist June *June 11 - Harald Szeemann, curator and art historian (died February 18, 2005) *June 12 - Elisabeth Nagele, luger *June 18 - Heinrich von Stiet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Felber
René Felber (14 March 1933 – 18 October 2020) was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1987 to 1993. In 1992, he served as the President of Switzerland. Personal life Born 1933 in Bienne, Felber was a teacher in Boudevilliers and Le Locle (canton of Neuchâtel). Felber died on 18 October 2020 at the age of 87. Political career He was mayor of Le Locle from 1964 to 1980 (in charge of gas and electricity supply and then of Finance), member of the Cantonal Parliament of Neuchâtel (1965–1976). He sat in the National Council from 1967 to 1981 when he became a member of the Conseil d'Etat (State Council) of the canton of Neuchâtel in charge of the Finance Department until his election to the Federal Council. In 1980/81, he was the floor leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Federal Parliament. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 9 December 1987 as member of the Canton of Neuchâtel and for the Social Democratic Party. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1920 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: ** Giuseppe Motta (president) ** Edmund Schulthess **Robert Haab **Karl Scheurer **Jean-Marie Musy **Ernest Chuard **Heinrich Häberlin Events * 10 January – The League of Nations is established with Switzerland as one of its founding members and its headquarters established in Geneva. * 15 November – The first convention of the League of Nations takes place in Geneva with 41 member states in attendance. Births * 19 June – Antoinette Meyer, alpine skier (died 2010) * 24 December – Edy Reinalter, alpine skier (died 1962 in Austria) Deaths * 12 February – Adolf Frey – writer and historian (born 1855) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aenne Goldschmidt
Aenne Goldschmidt ( Michel; 8 November 1920 – 24 January 2020) was a Swiss expressionist dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue. She was the first dance artist to receive the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic. Biography Aenne Michel was born on 8 November 1920 in Bern, Switzerland. She trained at Emmy Sauerbeck's dance school in Bern and worked as a freelance dance artist. In the 1930s and 1940s she was active in Communist circles, even after the Communist Party was banned by the Swiss government. In 1944 she and her husband, musicologist Harry Goldschmidt, were among the founding members of the Swiss Party of Labour. Due to their communist views they left Switzerland and moved to East Germany in 1949. Later that year she choreographed a piece for the World Festival of Youth and Students in Budapest. In 1952 she was awarded the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic for her work at the 1951 World Festival in East Berlin, becoming the first dancer to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 In Switzerland
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be collectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
