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Switzerland in 1935

Historical records for Switzerland in 1935, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records
5Events
3Named people
3Places
3Categories

Historical records

January

1 January 1935President of SwitzerlandRudolf Minger

Bern · Government / Government of Switzerland

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

May

15 May 1935EPR PaperAlbert Einstein

Princeton · Science / Physics

Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen publish their argument that quantum mechanics may not provide a complete description of physical reality.

15 May 1935Franklin MedalAlbert Einstein

Philadelphia · Science / Physics

Receives the Franklin Medal in recognition of his work in relativity and the photoelectric effect.

Other Events

1935Einstein-Rosen BridgeAlbert Einstein

Princeton · Science / Physics

With Nathan Rosen, studies bridge solutions in general relativity connecting two sheets of spacetime.

1935Schmidt TelescopesFritz Zwicky

Science / Astronomy

Together with colleague Walter Baade, Zwicky pioneered and promoted the use of the first Schmidt telescopes used in a mountain-top observatory in 1935

Names involved

Albert EinsteinFritz ZwickyRudolf Minger

Places involved

BernPhiladelphiaPrinceton

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.