1944 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1944 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Walther Stampfli (president)
• 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.

Births

• 6 January – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, immunologist
• 20 May – Sepp Benz, bobsledder (died 2021)
• 2 September – Claude Nicollier, astronaut
• 8 November – Andreas Sprecher, alpine skier

Deaths

• 22 April – Edmund Schulthess, politician (born 1868)

References