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Events during the year 2008 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Pascal Couchepin (president)
  • 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.
• 10 September – The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is switched on at CERN, in Geneva.

Deaths

• 29 April – Albert Hofmann, chemist (born 1906)
• 23 July – Kurt Furgler, politician (born 1924)

References

1. "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
2. "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
3. "Swiss exonerate Europe's last executed witch". NBC News. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
4. Sample, Ian (10 September 2008). "Cern throws switch on largest machine ever built". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
5. "Dr Albert Hofmann obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
6. "Kurt Furgler". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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