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2007 Robert C. Solomon, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at 64

1998 Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich

1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich

1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Germany in Zurich, Switzerland (2-1)

1980 Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich

1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich

1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland

1968 Thomas Nock, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars

1966 Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage

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

1961 Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich

1961 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zurich

1956 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich

1951 Esther Dyson, born in Zurich, Switzerland, computer publisher, Release 1.0

1948 Luc Bondy, born in Zurich, Switzerland

1946 Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich

1946 Max Frisch' "Santa Cruz," premieres in Zurich

1946 Richard Strauss' "Metamorphosis," premieres in Zurich

1943 Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich

1943 Bertolt Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan," premieres in Zurich

1941 B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder," premieres in Zurich

1941 Bruno Ganz, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Strapless, Wings of Desire

1941 James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58

1938 Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zurich

1934 Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich

1934 Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland

1930 Mario Adorf, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Bachelor, Abyssinia

1916 Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland

1910 Rolf Liebermann, born in Zurich, Switzerland, composer, Leonore

1895 Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

1886 Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich

1825 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, born in Zurich, Switzerland, writer, poet, master of the novella, works include 'Das Amulett' or 'The Amulet'

1746 Johann H Pestalozzi, born in Zurich, Switzerland, educator, Leonard and Gertrude,

1529 Zurich and catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel

1529 Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons

1516 Konrad von Gesner, born in Zurich, Switzerland, naturalist, Bibliotheca Universalis

1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded

1349 Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland

1348 Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells


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