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Events during the year
2008 in Switzerland
.
Incumbents
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
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