2010 Event A Tel Aviv judge orders safe deposit boxes at a Zurich bank opened; the boxes may contain drawings and manuscripts by writer Franz Kafka 2007 Death Robert C. Solomon, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at 64 1998 Event Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich 1989 Event Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich 1983 Event 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Germany in Zurich, Switzerland (2-1) 1980 Event Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich 1976 Event War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich 1969 Event PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland 1968 Birthday Thomas Nock, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars 1966 Event Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage 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 1961 Event Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich 1961 Event Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zurich 1956 Event Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich 1951 Birthday Esther Dyson, born in Zurich, Switzerland, computer publisher, Release 1.0 1948 Birthday Luc Bondy, born in Zurich, Switzerland 1946 Event Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich 1946 Event Max Frisch' "Santa Cruz," premieres in Zurich 1946 Event Richard Strauss' "Metamorphosis," premieres in Zurich 1943 Event Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich 1943 Event Bertolt Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan," premieres in Zurich 1941 Event B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder," premieres in Zurich 1941 Birthday Bruno Ganz, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Strapless, Wings of Desire 1941 Death James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58 1938 Event Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zurich 1934 Event Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich 1934 Birthday Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland 1930 Birthday Mario Adorf, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Bachelor, Abyssinia 1916 Event Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland 1910 Birthday Rolf Liebermann, born in Zurich, Switzerland, composer, Leonore 1895 Birthday Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich 1886 Birthday Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich 1825 Birthday Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, born in Zurich, Switzerland, writer, poet, master of the novella, works include 'Das Amulett' or 'The Amulet' 1746 Birthday Johann H Pestalozzi, born in Zurich, Switzerland, educator, Leonard and Gertrude, 1529 Event Zurich and catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel 1529 Event Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons 1516 Birthday Konrad von Gesner, born in Zurich, Switzerland, naturalist, Bibliotheca Universalis 1489 Death Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded 1349 Event Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland 1348 Event Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells
