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Events during the year 2008 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
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Federal Council:
[1]
- Pascal Couchepin (president) [2]
- Moritz Leuenberger
- Samuel Schmid (until December), then Ueli Maurer
- Micheline Calmy-Rey
- Hans-Rudolf Merz
- Doris Leuthard
- Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Events
- 27 August – Anna Göldi, who was beheaded in 1782 for witchcraft, is exonorated by the parliament of the Canton of Glarus. [3]
- 10 September – The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is switched on at CERN, in Geneva. [4]
Deaths
- 29 April – Albert Hofmann, chemist (born 1906) [5]
- 23 July – Kurt Furgler, politician (born 1924) [6]
References
- ^ "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Swiss exonerate Europe's last executed witch". NBC News. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Sample, Ian (10 September 2008). "Cern throws switch on largest machine ever built". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Dr Albert Hofmann obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Kurt Furgler". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
