Events during the year 1942 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Philipp Etter (president) Marcel Pilet-Golaz Ernst Wetter Karl Kobelt Enrico Celio Walther Stampfli Eduard von Steiger
Births 12 January – Michel Mayor, astrophysicist 5 April – Pascal Couchepin, politician 8 June – Jacques Dubochet, biophysicist 18 July – Adolf Ogi, politician 10 November – Hans-Rudolf Merz, politician
Deaths 15 May – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, author and photographer (born 1908) 9 November – Ernest Chuard, politician (born 1857)
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