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1994 Sam Francis, U.S. painter (Basel Mural), dies at about 71

1994 Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31

1989 Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88

1986 Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine

1984 Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel

1979 FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel

1973 BEA flight to Basel, Switzerland, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143

1969 Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel

1966 Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79

1960 Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel

1949 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel

1947 Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel

1944 Niklaus Schilling, Basel Germany, director, Dormire, Atem, Rheingold

1912 Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor, Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel

1901 Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet

1886 Karl Barth, born in Basel, Switzerland, theologian and author, Action in Waiting

1760 Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect

1700 Daniel Bernoulli, born in Basel, Switzerland, mathematician, 10 time French award

1559 Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel

1438 Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara

1431 Council of Basel opens

1431 G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence)

1349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses

1089 Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies


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