Rupperswil
1910 Nobel Peace Price laureate Henri Dunant dies in Heiden 1919 Hermann Hesse moves to Montagnola 1922 Klausen Race
1916 DADA Movement in Zurich
1935 Invention of Nylon 1937 Peace agreement in the Swiss metal and machine industry 1938 The Swiss Film Classic "Füsilier Wipf" is produced
1949 Foundation of NATO 1964 Swiss National Expostion Expo 64 in Lausanne 1952 Foundation of the Swiss Air-Rescue Rega
1968 "Globus Riots" in Zurich 1970 Plane crash near Würenlingen after explosion of a bomb 1973 The Oil Crisis puts an end to the post-war boom years
1988 Swiss ski star Vreni Schneider wins two Olympic gold medals in Calgary 1991 700 year anniversary of the Swiss Confederation 2067 The Swiss Federal Railways present the project "rail 3000"