1937 in Switzerland
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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland.
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Incumbents
Events
- 1936â37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano
- 1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola
- 1937â38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich
- Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War
- Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded
- 1937 Swiss freemasonry referendum
Literature
- An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss
Births
- 3 February â Billy Meier, prophet
- 9 March â Niele Toroni, painter
- 18 May â Peter Bolliger, rower (d. 2024)
- 20 May â Peter von Matt, philologist (d. 2025)
- 21 May â Hansjörg Hirschbühl, bobsleigher
- 2 June â Pierre Favre, musician
- 30 June â Fritz Egli, motorcycle racer
- 6 July â Joseph Payne, musician (d. 2008)
- 12 July â Fritz Kehl, association footballer
- 21 December â Hansruedi Führer, association footballer
- Attilio Moresi, cyclist (d. 1995)
- Sandro del Prete, painter
Deaths
- 7 April â Hans Steffen, German geographer (born 1936 in Germany)
- 9 May â Walter Mittelholzer, pilot, photographer, and travel writer (born 1894)
- 2 September â Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and founder of the International Olympic Committee (born 1863 in France)[3]