1994 Death Sam Francis, U.S. painter (Basel Mural), dies at about 71 1994 Death Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31 1989 Death Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88 1986 Event Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine 1984 Event Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel 1979 Event FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel 1973 Event BEA flight to Basel, Switzerland, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143 1969 Event Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel 1966 Death Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79 1960 Event Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel 1949 Event Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel 1947 Event Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel 1944 Birthday Niklaus Schilling, Basel Germany, director, Dormire, Atem, Rheingold 1912 Birthday Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor, Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel 1901 Birthday 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 Birthday Karl Barth, born in Basel, Switzerland, theologian and author, Action in Waiting 1760 Birthday Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect 1700 Birthday Daniel Bernoulli, born in Basel, Switzerland, mathematician, 10 time French award 1559 Event Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel 1438 Event Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara 1431 Event Council of Basel opens 1431 Event G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence) 1349 Event 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses 1089 Death Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies
