1986 in Switzerland
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Government in 1986
- Federal council
- Alphons Egli PDC, president of the Confederation
- Pierre Aubert PS, vice-president of the Confederation
- Kurt Furgler PDC,
- Elisabeth Kopp PRD,
- Jean-Pascal Delamuraz PRD
- Otto Stich PS
- Leon Schlumpf UDC
Events
January
Wednesday January 8th- Invited discussed emission the Challenge , French-speaking Switzerland Television , Jean-Marie Le Pen must intervene in duplex of Paris, the Genevese government having held up the federal decree stipulating that the authorization to speak in Switzerland can be refused with a foreigner, if it is necessary in particular to fear that the law and order is not disturbed.
February
Sunday February 2nd- Death of the journalist Jean Dumur.
- Death of the leader Victor Desarzens.
- a Freibourgese co-operator, Maurice Demierre, working with the Nicaragua on behalf of the organization Brothers without Borders, fall into an ambush set-up by rebels anti-Sandinistas. It loses the life, as five passengers of the van which it drove.
March
Saturday the 1st er March- For the first time of its history, HC Lugano becomes champion of Switzerland of hockey-on-ice.
- Cantonal elections in the Canton of Vaud. In ballotage at the conclusion of the 1st ballot White Marcel (UDC), Pierre Cevey (PRD), Philippe Pidoux (PRD), Raymond Junod (PRD), Daniel Schmutz (PS), Pierre Duvoisin (PS) and Jean-François Leuba (PLS) are elected with the Council of State.
- federal Votings. The people reject, by: 1591150 not (75,7%) against: 511713 yes (24,3%), accession of Switzerland to the United Nations.
- Cantonal elections with Glaris. Martin Brunner (PS), Kaspar Thyner (PRD), Fritz Weber (PRD), Fritz Hoesli (UDC), Emil Fischli (PDC), Jules Landolt (Left Christian-social) and Christian Stuessi (UDC) are elected with the Council of State at the time of the 1st ballot.
- Giuseppe Buffi (PRD) succeeds Carlo Speziali, resigner with the Council of State of the canton of the Tessin.
- Official visit of the Finnish president Mauno Koivisto.
April
Sunday April 6th- Cantonal elections with the Grison . Reto Mengiardi (PRD), Donat Cadruvi (PDC) and Christoffel Braendli (UDC) are elected with the Council of State at the time of the 1st ballot.
- Günther Tschanun, chief of the police force of constructions of the town of Zurich, cuts down four of his/her collaborators and wounds a fifth seriously.
- After four days consecutive of rain, several villages of the Tessin are cut rest of the world and the Lake Maggiore overflows.
- Cantonal elections with Bern. Rene Baertschi (PS), Peter Schmid (UDC), Ueli Augsburger (UDC). Bernhard Mueller (UDC), Kurt Meyer (PS), Peter Siegenthaler (UDC) and Gotthelf Buerki (PS) are elected with the Council of State at the time of the 1st ballot.
- Cantonal elections with the Grison . Luzi Baertsch (UDC) and Joachim Caluori (PDC) are elected with the Council of State at the time of the 2nd ballot.
May
Sunday May 4th- the weekly magazine Femina is inserted in the Sunday edition of the Matin.
- Cantonal elections with Bern. Benjamin Hofstetter (free List) and Leni Robert (free List) are elected with the Council of State at the time of the 2nd ballot.
- Varnishing of the exposure Alberto Giacometti to the Foundation Pierre Gianadda with Martigny.
- the Young-Servant boys are allocated, for the eleventh time of their history, the title of champion of Switzerland of football.
June
Monday June 2nd- postal and telecommunications authorities remove the second distribution of the mail.
- the American Andrew Hampsten gains the Tour of Switzerland cyclist
- : 18000 people express against the nuclear plants with Gösgen.
July
Wednesday July 9th- Cornelio Sommaruga is indicated to succeed Alexandre Hay like chair International committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
- Death of the journalist Fernand Gigon.
August
Friday- Inauguration of the National museum of the Saint-Gothard, arranged at the top of the coll
September
Wednesday September 3rd- the federal adviser Alphons Egli announces its resignation for the end of the year.
- More: 3000 Valaisan vine growers and farmers express with Sion against the foreign wine imports and the price of the vintage.
- a national demonstration against racism joins together between: 3000 and: 4000 people with Bern.
- federal Votings. The people reject, by: 1048679 not (75,2%) against: 232326 yes (16,7%), the popular initiative in favor of the culture , as well as against project presented by the Federal council by: 670496 not (48,1%) against: 548080 yes (39,3%).
- federal Votings. The people reject, by: 1162238 not (81,6%) against: 261759 yes (18,4%), the popular initiative for a guaranteed professional training and a recycling .
- federal Votings. The people reject, by: 887726 not (61,8%) against: 547779 yes (38,2%), modification of the federal decree on the indigenous sugar economy.
October
Sunday October 19th- Cantonal elections in the the Jura. François Lachat (PDC) is elected with the Government at the time of the 1st ballot.
- the federal adviser Kurt Furgler announces his resignation for the end of the year.
- Cantonal elections in the the Jura. Pierre Boillat (PDC), Gaston Brahier (PRD), François Mertenat (PS) and Jean-Pierre Beuret (Left Christian-social) are tacitly elected with the Government.
- Inauguration of a section of the highway A2, on 13 km, between Bellinzone and Biasca.
- Inauguration of the longest tram line of Europe in the agglomeration bâloise. Between Dornach, the center of Basle and Rodersdorf, the tram traverses 26 km.
November
Saturday the 1st er November- a fire is declared in a warehouse of the group Sandoz with Schweizerhalle and causes a serious pollution of the the Rhine.
- Death of the leader Samuel Baud-Bovy.
- Cantonal elections with Zoug. Andreas Iten (PRD), the USSR Kohler, (PRD), Georg Stucky, (PRD), Paul Twerenbold (PDC), Anton Scherer (PDC), Robert Bisig (PDC) and the USSR Birchler (PS) are elected with the Council of State at the time of the 1st ballot.
December
Sunday December 7th- federal Votings. The people approve, by: 922221 yes (64,4%) against: 510490 not (35,6%), the counter-project on the initiative popular for the protection of the tenants .
- federal Votings. The people reject, by: 948612 not (66,1%) against: 485930 yes (33,9%), the popular initiative for a right imposition of the traffic of the heavy trucks .
- Cantonal elections with Freiburg. Felicien Morel (PS), Roselyne Crausaz (PDC), Marius Cottier (PDC), Denis Clerk (PS), Edouard Gremaud (PDC), Hans Baechler (PRD) and Raphael Rimaz (UDC) are elected with the Council of State at the time of the 2nd ballot.
- Election with the Federal council of Flavio Cotti (PDC) and of Arnold Koller (PDC).
- Heinrich Rohrer is prize winner of the Nobel Prize of physique 1986 with Gerd Binnig for the invention of the Microscope to tunnel effect.
- the tunnel of Rawyl, projected between Wimmis and Uvrier, is crossed out program of the trunk roads.
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