Events during the year 1973 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

Roger Bonvin Roger Bonvin (12 September 1907, in Icogne, Valais – 5 June 1982) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1962–1973). Bonvin was mayor of Sion from 1955 to 1962. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland ...

(president, until December) **

Hans-Peter Tschudi Hans-Peter Tschudi (22 October 1913 – 30 September 2002) was a Switzerland, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1959–1973) heading the Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland), Department of Home Affairs (Swiss interior ...

(until December) **

Nello Celio Nello Celio (12 February 1914 – 29 December 1995) was a Swiss politician from the Canton of Ticino. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party. He was a member of the Federal Council from 1966 to 1973 and served as the President of t ...

(until December) **

Rudolf Gnägi Rudolf Gnägi (3 August 1917 – 20 April 1985) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1966–1979). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1965 and handed over office on 31 December 1979. He ...

Pierre Graber Pierre Graber (6 December 1908 – 19 July 2003) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978). He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and after studying law in Neuchâtel and Vienna he became attorney-a ...

Ernst Brugger Ernst Brugger (10 March 1914, in Bellinzona – 20 June 1998) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1969–1978). He was elected to the Federal Council on 10 December 1969 and handed over office on 31 January 1978. He wa ...

Kurt Furgler Kurt Furgler (24 June 1924 – 23 July 2008) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972–1986). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1971 and handed over office on 31 December 1986. He wa ...

Georges-André Chevallaz Georges-André Chevallaz (7 February 1915 – 8 September 2002) was a Swiss historian, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1974–1983). Mayor of Lausanne since 1957 and member of the Swiss National Council since 1958, h ...

(from December) **

Hans Hürlimann Hans Hürlimann (6 April 1918 – 22 February 1994) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1974–1982). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 5 December 1973 and handed over office on 31 December 1982. ...

(from December) **

Willi Ritschard Willi Ritschard (sometimes Willy Ritschard; 28 September 1918 – 16 October 1983) was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP). He is remembered as the first and to date only working class member of the Federal Council, the Swis ...

(from December)

Events

* 10 April – A plane on route from

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

, England to

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

crashes into a hillside while approaching the airport killing 108 out of the 145 people on board. * 23–24 June – The

1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Muotathal, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 13th edition. A record nine nations won medals at the championships. Medal summary Men's Canoe ...

take place in

Muotathal , neighboring_municipalities= Bürglen (UR), Glarus (GL), Glarus Süd (GL), Illgau, Innerthal, Morschach, Oberiberg, Riemenstalden, Spiringen (UR), Schwyz, Unteriberg, Unterschächen (UR) , twintowns= } Muotathal is a village and a municipal ...

Deaths

* 6 July –

Otto Klemperer Otto Nossan Klemperer (14 May 18856 July 1973) was a 20th-century conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the US, Hungary and finally Britain. His early career was in opera houses, but he was later better known as a concer ...

, German conductor (born

1885 in Germany Events in the year 1885 in Germany. Incumbents National level * Kaiser – William I, German Emperor, William I * Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck State level Kingdoms * King of Bavaria – Ludwig II of Bavaria * List of r ...

) * 12 August –

Walter Rudolf Hess Walter Rudolf Hess (17 March 1881 – 12 August 1973) was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Eg ...

, physicist (born

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...

)

References

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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 ...

1970s in Switzerland