Events during the year 1973 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Roger Bonvin (president, until December) Hans-Peter Tschudi (until December) Nello Celio (until December) Rudolf Gnägi Pierre Graber Ernst Brugger Kurt Furgler Georges-André Chevallaz (from December) Hans Hürlimann (from December) Willi Ritschard (from December)
Events 10 April – A plane on route from Bristol, England to Basel crashes into a hillside while approaching the airport killing 108 out of the 145 people on board. 23–24 June – The 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships take place in Muotathal.
Births 8 February – Ursula Wyss, politician and economist 10 March – Ada Marra, politician 26 April – Andres Gerber, footballer 1 May – Oliver Neuville, German footballer 2 September – Sibylle Matter, triathlete Urs Fischer, artist Sébastien Schneeberger, Swiss-born Canadian politician
Deaths 14 May – Jean Gebser, German-born Swiss author, linguist and poet (born 1905) 6 July – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (born 1885 in Germany) 12 August – Walter Rudolf Hess, physicist (born 1881)
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