1973 in Switzerland explained

Events during the year 1973 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

^[1]

• • Roger Bonvin (president, until December)^[2]
  • Hans-Peter Tschudi (until December)
  • Nello Celio (until December)
  • Rudolf Gnägi
  • Pierre Graber
  • Ernst Brugger
  • Kurt Furgler
  • Georges-André Chevallaz (from December)
  • Hans Hürlimann (from December)
  • Willi Ritschard (from December)

Events

• 10 April – A plane on route from Bristol, England to Basel crashes into a hillside while approaching the airport killing 108 out of the 145 people on board.^[3]
• 23–24 June – The 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships take place in Muotathal.^[4]

Births

• 8 February – Ursula Wyss, politician and economist^[5]
• 10 March – Ada Marra, politician^[6]
• 26 April – Andres Gerber, footballer^[7]
• 1 May – Oliver Neuville, German footballer^[8]
• 2 September – Sibylle Matter, triathlete^[9]
• Urs Fischer, artist^[10]
• Sébastien Schneeberger, Swiss-born Canadian politician^[11]

Deaths

• 6 July – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (born 1885 in Germany)^[12]
• 12 August – Walter Rudolf Hess, physicist (born 1881)^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: All federal councillors since 1848 . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Presidents of the Confederation . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Survivor of Basel Air Disaster says he is still scarred by the incident 45 years on . itv.com . 11 March 2024.
4. Web site: Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Slalom World Championships . www.olympedia.org . 4 February 2024.
5. Web site: Ursula Wyss . . 22 May 2024.
6. Web site: Ada Marra . . 22 May 2024.
7. Web site: Andres Gerber . www.tntsports.co.uk . 22 May 2024.
8. Web site: Oliver Neuville . www.tntsports.co.uk . 22 May 2024.
9. Web site: Olympedia – Sibylle Matter . www.olympedia.org . 22 May 2024.
10. Web site: Urs Fischer . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . 22 May 2024 . en.
11. Web site: Sébastien Schneeberger - National Assembly of Québec . www.assnat.qc.ca . 22 May 2024 . en.
12. Book: Helmer . Paul . Growing with Canada: The ƒmigrŽ Tradition in Canadian Music . 2009 . McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP . 978-0-7735-3581-7 . 268 . en.
13. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 . NobelPrize.org . 6 February 2024.