LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/

Population:
366,145 (2004)

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich	1868

OPERA

Opera	Founded
Zürich Opera

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
UBS	1998
Zürich Financial Services	1872
Credit Suisse	1856

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mario Adorf	Actor	8-Sep-1930		The Tin Drum
Jost Amman	Engraver	13-Jun-1539	17-Mar-1591	Prolific Swiss engraver
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Nuclear magnetic resonance
Leon Botstein	Educator	14-Dec-1946		President of Bard College
Al Dubin	Songwriter	10-Jun-1891	11-Feb-1945	Lullaby of Broadway
Max Frisch	Novelist	15-May-1911	4-Apr-1991	Homo Faber
Bruno Ganz	Actor	22-Mar-1941		Downfall
Johann Kaspar Lavater	Paranormal	11-Nov-1741	2-Jan-1801	Essays on Physiognomy
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi	Educator	12-Jan-1746	17-Feb-1827	Swiss educational reformer
Walter Schottky	Physicist	23-Jul-1886	4-Mar-1976	Solid-state physics and electronics

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert Bassermann	Actor	7-Sep-1867	15-May-1952	German actor
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Nuclear magnetic resonance
Johann Jakob Bodmer	Author	19-Jul-1698	2-Jan-1783	Von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie
Georg Büchner	Playwright	17-Oct-1813	19-Feb-1837	Leonce and Lena
Heinrich Bullinger	Religion	18-Jul-1504	17-Sep-1575	Swiss Lutheran reformer
Elias Canetti	Author	25-Jul-1905	14-Aug-1994	Crowds and Power
Edwin Fischer	Pianist	6-Oct-1886	24-Jan-1960	Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart
Max Frisch	Novelist	15-May-1911	4-Apr-1991	Homo Faber
H. D.	Poet	10-Sep-1886	27-Sep-1961	Imagist poet, Sea Garden
Ulrich von Hutten	Poet	21-Apr-1488	29-Aug-1523	Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum
James Joyce	Author	2-Feb-1882	13-Jan-1941	Ulysses
Paul Karrer	Chemist	21-Apr-1889	18-Jun-1971	Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K
Otto Klemperer	Conductor	14-May-1885	6-Jul-1973	Prominent German conductor
Johann Kaspar Lavater	Paranormal	11-Nov-1741	2-Jan-1801	Essays on Physiognomy
Erich Leinsdorf	Conductor	4-Feb-1912	11-Sep-1993	Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69
Thomas Mann	Novelist	6-Jun-1875	12-Aug-1955	Buddenbrooks
Stavros Niarchos	Business	3-Jul-1909	15-Apr-1996	Greek shipping tycoon
Wolfgang Pauli	Physicist	25-Apr-1900	15-Dec-1958	Pauli Exclusion Principle
Conrad Pellicanus	Religion	8-Jan-1478	6-Apr-1556	Zwinglian theologian
Vladimir Prelog	Chemist	23-Jul-1906	7-Jan-1998	Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts
Eddie Rickenbacker	Aviator	8-Oct-1890	23-Jul-1973	Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Leopold Ruzicka	Chemist	13-Sep-1887	26-Sep-1976	Terpenes and hormones
Josias Simmler	Author	1550	1576	De Alpibus Commentarius
Maria Stader	Singer	5-Nov-1911	27-Apr-1999	Operatic soprano, specialty Mozart
Johannes Stumpf	Historian	23-Apr-1500	1578	Swiss chronicler, theologian
Alfred Werner	Chemist	12-Dec-1866	15-Nov-1919	Coordination theory of chemistry

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