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1991 In Switzerland
Events in the year 1991 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Otto Stich **Jean-Pascal Delamuraz **Kaspar Villiger **Arnold Koller ** Flavio Cotti (President) **René Felber **Adolf Ogi Births * 8 January – Sarah Höfflin, freestyle skier * 5 February – Anthony Sauthier, footballer * 27 April – Lara Gut-Behrami, alpine skier * 26 July ** Sophie Anthamatten, ice hockey player ** Selina Rutz-Büchel, runner * 17 August – Steven Zuber, footballer * 20 September – Marlen Reusser, cyclist * 2 October – Joana Heidrich, beach volleyball player * 23 October – Irene Cadurisch, biathlete * 2 December – Elisa Gasparin, biathlete Deaths * 2 March – Josef Stalder, gymnast (born 1919) * 13 June – Loulou Boulaz, mountain climber and alpine skier (born 1908) * 30 August – Jean Tinguely, sculptor (born 1925) * 25 September – Anita Traversi, singer (born 1937) References {{Year in Europe, 1991 1990s in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years In Switzerland
This is a list of years in Switzerland. See also the timeline of Swiss history. For only articles about years in Switzerland that have been written, see :Years in Switzerland. Twenty-first century Twentieth century Nineteenth century See also * Timeline of Swiss history {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Switzerland, List of Years in Switzerland, Switzerland history-related lists Year lists by country, Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joana Heidrich
Joana Mäder (, born 2 October 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She competed with Nadine Zumkehr in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Following Zumkehr's retirement at the close of the 2016 season, she partnered with Anouk Vergé-Dépré, whose own former partner, Isabelle Forrer, likewise retired. In July 2021, Heidrich and Vergé-Dépré represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won the bronze medal. Professional career The pair participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics with a 14th seed, as of 12 June 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of Talita Antunes and Larissa França in a match of 3 sets (21–23, 27–25, 15–13), which was also the longest match at Rio, in the quarter-final played 14 August 2016 and settled at 5th place. FIVB World Tour 2016 She competed with Zumkehr at the 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals in Toronto. The duo played against fellow country mates of Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s In Switzerland
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Switzerland
Events in the year 1991 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Otto Stich **Jean-Pascal Delamuraz **Kaspar Villiger **Arnold Koller ** Flavio Cotti (President) **René Felber **Adolf Ogi Births * 8 January – Sarah Höfflin, freestyle skier * 5 February – Anthony Sauthier, footballer * 27 April – Lara Gut-Behrami, alpine skier * 26 July ** Sophie Anthamatten, ice hockey player ** Selina Rutz-Büchel, runner * 17 August – Steven Zuber, footballer * 20 September – Marlen Reusser, cyclist * 2 October – Joana Heidrich, beach volleyball player * 23 October – Irene Cadurisch, biathlete * 2 December – Elisa Gasparin, biathlete Deaths * 2 March – Josef Stalder, gymnast (born 1919) * 13 June – Loulou Boulaz, mountain climber and alpine skier (born 1908) * 30 August – Jean Tinguely, sculptor (born 1925) * 25 September – Anita Traversi, singer (born 1937) References {{Year in Europe, 1991 1990s in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 In Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Giuseppe Motta (president) **Hermann Obrecht **Philipp Etter **Johannes Baumann **Marcel Pilet-Golaz **Albert Meyer (politician), Albert Meyer **Rudolf Minger Events *1936–37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano *1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola *1937–38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich *Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War *Allianz (arts), Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded *1937 Swiss freemasonry referendum Literature *An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss Births *3 February – Billy Meier, prophet *9 March – Niele Toroni, painter *18 May – Peter Bolliger, rower (d. 2024) *20 May – Peter von Matt, philologist (d. 2025) *21 May – Hansjörg Hirschbühl, bobsleigher *2 June – Pierre Favre (musician), Pierre Favre, musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Traversi
Anita Traversi (25 July 1937 – 25 September 1991) was a Swiss singer, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1960 and 1964. Early career Born in Giubiasco, Traversi was encouraged by her father, a musician, and started singing with an orchestra in the mid-1950s, including with the orchestra of the Italian language Swiss radio channel. In 1956, she took part in the Swiss selection for the first Eurovision Song Contest, but "Bandanelle Ticinese" was not chosen. The same year she was a member of the Quintetta Radiosa, who sung the backing vocals for both of Lys Assia's entries, including the winner "Refrain". In 1959, Traversi obtained a recording contract in Italy, and went on to record a number of songs with Adriano Celentano, including the top 10 hit "Piccola". Anita Traversi represented Switzerland at several Song Festivals in the world with great success, as the Sopot International Song Festival (Poland), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), " Golden Orpheus" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 In Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1925 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Jean-Marie Musy (president) **Ernest Chuard **Giuseppe Motta **Edmund Schulthess **Heinrich Häberlin **Robert Haab **Karl Scheurer Births * 3 February – Leon Schlumpf, politician (died 2012 in Switzerland, 2012) * 22 May – Jean Tinguely, sculptor (died 1991 in Switzerland, 1991) Deaths * 14 January – Camille Decoppet, politician (born 1862 in Switzerland, 1862) * 31 January – Ulrich Wille, military leader (born 1848 in Germany) References {{Year in Europe, 1925 1925 in Switzerland, 1920s in Switzerland 1925 by country, Switzerland 1925 in Europe, Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Tinguely
Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century.Chilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John (2009). ''A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art''. Oxford University Press. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-1992396-6-5. Tinguely's art satirized automation and the technological overproduction of material goods. Life Born in Fribourg, Tinguely grew up in Basel. From 1941 to 1945, he studied under artist Julia Ris at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel, where he encountered the work of Kurt Schwitters and other Dadaists, which later influenced his kinetic constructions. He moved to France in 1952 with his first wife, Swiss artist Eva Aeppli, to pursue a career in art. He belonged to the Parisian avant-garde in the mid-twentieth century and was one of the artists who signed the New Realist's manifesto (''Nouveau réalisme' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1908 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: ** Ernst Brenner (president) ** Robert Comtesse ** Eduard Müller ** Adolf Deucher ** Marc-Emile Ruchet **Ludwig Forrer ** Joseph Zemp (until June), then Josef Anton Schobinger Births * 23 May – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, author and photographer (died 1942) * 6 December – Pierre Graber, politician (died 2003) * 16 December – Hans Schaffner, politician (died 2004) * 22 December – Max Bill, architect and artist (died 1994 in Germany) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 1900s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loulou Boulaz
Louise "Loulou" Boulaz (6 February 1908 – 13 June 1991) was a Switzerland, Swiss Mountaineering, mountain climber and alpine skier who made numerous first ascents in the Alps. Biography Boulaz was born in Avenches, Switzerland. She attended a trade school and worked as a journalist for the International Labour Organization in Geneva. Boulaz began climbing in the Alps in the 1930s and continued making major ascents until the 1970s. Of her major climbs, four were the first ascents and at least nine were the first female or all-female ascents. At the start of her career, Boulaz and Lulu Durand became the first women to climb the Dent du Requin (1932) and the southwest face of the Dent du Géant. She made a number of climbs with Durand in 1935: the first female traverse of the Aiguille des Grands Charmoz; the first female traverse of Les Droites; the first female ascent of the north face of the Petit Dru (with Raymond Lambert), and the second ascent ever; the first female ascent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
