Events during the year 1944 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:[1]
- Walther Stampfli (president)[2]
- Eduard von Steiger
- Karl Kobelt
- Philipp Etter
- Enrico Celio
- Ernst Nobs
- Marcel Pilet-Golaz (until December), then Max Petitpierre
Events
- 1 April – Schaffhausen is accidentally bombed by the United States causing serious damage to the city and killing or wounding more than 100 people.[3]
Births
- 6 January – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, immunologist[4]
- 20 May – Sepp Benz, bobsledder (died 2021)[5]
- 2 September – Claude Nicollier, astronaut[6]
Deaths
- 22 April – Edmund Schulthess, politician (born 1868)[7]
References
- ^ "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Air University Review. Department of the Air Force. 1976. p. 20.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Sepp Benz". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Claude Nicollier". New Mexico Museum of Space History. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Edmund Schulthess". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
