1934 in Switzerland explained

See also: 1934 Swiss public order referendum. The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1934 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

• • Giuseppe Motta
    • • Edmund Schulthess Jean-Marie Musy then Philipp Etter
  • Heinrich Häberlin then Johannes Baumann
  • Marcel Pilet-Golaz (President)
  • Albert Meyer
  • Rudolf Minger

Events

• July 14–July 29 – Zürich 1934 chess tournament took place
• August 26 – 1934 Swiss Grand Prix takes place in Switzerland^[1]
• 1933–34 Nationalliga
• FIBT World Championships 1934 took place in Switzerland
• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934 took place in Switzerland
• 1934-35 Nationalliga
• SC Buochs
• The Berne Trial is in progress, until 1935
• The Swiss Banking Act of 1934 majorly affects bank secrecy^[2]

Literature

• Via Mala is published

Births

• February 11 – Hans Bässler, fencer
• February 14 – Michel Corboz, conductor
• February 15 – Niklaus Wirth, computer scientist
• February 18 – Peter Zeindler, journalist, novelist and playwright.^[3]
• February 21 – Andreas Blum, journalist, actor (d. January 26, 2024)
• June 30 – Ursula Bagdasarjanz, violinist
• August 13 – Karl Elsener, football goalkeeper (d. July 27, 2010)
• October 19 – Ernst Hürlimann, rower
• November 19 – Paul Glass, American-Swiss composer
• Kurt Müller, sports shooter

Deaths

• August 26 – Hugh Hamilton, British racing driver, killed at the Swiss Grand Prix (born 1905 in Ireland)
• César Roux, surgeon (born 1857)

Notes and References

1. Author, Kolumbus, date of publication, Unknown, "1934 Grand Prix" date accessed June 16, 2013. Archived 2013-06-19.
2. Web site: Clock ticks on Swiss banking secrecy . BBC News . 16 June 2013 . 20 May 2013.
3. Web site: Zeindler Peter . Stiftung Bibliomedia . Solothurn . German . 27 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219055419/http://www.bibliomedia.ch/de/autoren/Zeindler_Peter/759.html . 19 February 2014 . dead .