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1976 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1976 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Rudolf Gnägi (president) **Hans Hürlimann **Georges-André Chevallaz **Willi Ritschard **Kurt Furgler **Ernst Brugger **Pierre Graber Events * 13–18 January – The 1976 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Geneva. Births * 28 January – Daniel Buess, drummer (d. 2016) * 6 February – Tanja Frieden, snowboarder * 7 July – Evelyne Leu, freestyle skier * 7 December – Manuela Kormann, curler Deaths * 24 April – Mark Tobey, American painter (born 1890 in the United States) References {{Years in Switzerland 1976 in Switzerland, 1976 by country, Switzerland 1976 in Europe, Switzerland 1970s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. Since World War II, the Federal Council is by convention a permanent grand coalition government composed of representatives of the country's major parties and language regions. While the entire Federal Council is responsible for leading the federal administration of Switzerland, each Councillor heads one of the seven federal executive departments. The president of the Swiss Confederation chairs the council, but exercises no particular authority; rather, the position is one of a first among equals and rotates among the seven Councillors annually. The Federal Council is elected as a body by the 246 members of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland for a term of four years after each federal parliamentary election, without the possibility of recall or a vote of no confidence. Incumbents are not term-limited a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016
2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH). __TOC__ Events January * January 3 – Following 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, the fallout caused by the Nimr al-Nimr#Execution and reaction against, execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia and several other countries end their Iran–Saudi Arabia relations, diplomatic relations with Iran. * January 8 – Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum-security prison in Mexico. * January 10 – English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor David Bowie dies in his New York City apartm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 By Country
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala (1976), First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 1976 Guatemala earthquake, Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1976 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Rudolf Gnägi (president) **Hans Hürlimann **Georges-André Chevallaz **Willi Ritschard **Kurt Furgler **Ernst Brugger **Pierre Graber Events * 13–18 January – The 1976 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Geneva. Births * 28 January – Daniel Buess, drummer (d. 2016) * 6 February – Tanja Frieden, snowboarder * 7 July – Evelyne Leu, freestyle skier * 7 December – Manuela Kormann, curler Deaths * 24 April – Mark Tobey, American painter (born 1890 in the United States) References {{Years in Switzerland 1976 in Switzerland, 1976 by country, Switzerland 1976 in Europe, Switzerland 1970s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 In The United States
Events from the year 1890 in the United States. Incumbents Federal government of the United States, Federal government * President of the United States, President: Benjamin Harrison (Republican Party (United States), R-Indiana) * Vice President of the United States, Vice President: Levi P. Morton (Republican Party (United States), R-New York (state), New York) * Chief Justice of the United States, Chief Justice: Melville Fuller (Illinois) * Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican Party (United States), R-Maine) * United States Congress, Congress: 51st United States Congress, 51st Demographics Events January–June * January–June period – George W. Johnson (singer), George W. Johnson becomes the first African American to record phonograph cylinders, in New York. * January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. * January 22 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Tobey
Mark George Tobey (December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976) was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters. His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and William Cumming, Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School. Senior in age and experience, he had a strong influence on the others; friend and mentor, Tobey shared their interest in philosophy and Eastern religions. Similar to others of the Northwest School, Tobey was mostly self-taught after early studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1921, Tobey founded the art department at The Cornish School in Seattle, Washington.Cornish, Nellie C. "Miss Aunt Nellie: The Autobiography of Nellie C. Cornish". Seattle, University of Washington, 1964, p. 134-35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Kormann
Manuela Kormann (born 7 December 1976 in Bern; also known as Manuela Netzer-Kormann) is a Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ... curler. She is currently a national coach with the Swiss Curling Association. Kormann started playing curling in 1986. She plays in third position or as a skip and is right-handed. , ecc.curlit.com References External links * 1976 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyne Leu
Evelyne Leu (born 7 July 1976) is a former Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in Aerial skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, she failed to reach the Finals at the 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ... when she crashed in her second jump during qualifying. She retired in April 2010. External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20060308045828/http://www.evelyneleu.ch/ Swiss female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people 1976 births Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic freestyle skiers for Switzerland Olympic medalists in freestyle s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanja Frieden
Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976, in Bern) is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In the Snowboard Cross finals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Frieden was in second place well behind the American Lindsey Jacobellis, when the latter crashed while attempting to showboat on the second to last jump. Frieden passed Jacobellis and won the gold medal. In her pocket was a Norwegian flag in memory of her friend, snowboarder Line Østvold, who died in a training accident in 2004 aged 25. Frieden, whose mother is from , is fluent in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Buess
Daniel Buess (28 January 1976 – 10 March 2016) was a Swiss drummer, percussion player and sound artist from Basel. Biography He studied percussion at the Musikhochschule Basel with Siegfried Schmid and with Isao Nakamura in Karlsruhe. His studies included the traditional south Indian percussion-music, specially the Mridangam from 1995 till 1998 and the Arabic percussion music during a three months residency in Cairo, Egypt from November 2007 till January 2008. He also worked as a percussion teacher at the Musikakademie Basel for many years. Daniel Buess was involved in various groups and Ensembles in the realm of experimental and improvised music, such as the Ensemble Phoenix Basel of which he was a co-founder. He had been a core-member and solo-percussionist since its foundation in 1998. Other important acts are: CORTEX (with the composer, saxophone player and electronic-musician Alex Buess),16-17, Buggatronic (with James Hullick), HOW2 (with the percussionist Daniel S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Gnägi
Rudolf Gnägi (3 August 1917 – 20 April 1985) was a Swiss politician who was President of the Swiss Confederation in 1971 and 1976 and a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1966 to 1979. Career He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1965 and handed over office on 31 December 1979. He was affiliated to the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB/PAI), which became the Swiss People's Party in 1972. During his office time he held the following departments: Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1966–1967), Federal Military Department (1968), Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1968), and Federal Military Department (1969–1979). He was President of the Swiss Confederation twice in 1971 and 1976. His name is popularly remembered as the nickname o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of International organization, international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. In the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
