2013 in Switzerland

none 2013 Events from 2013 in Switzerland. Incumbents Federal Council: Doris Leuthard Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Ueli Maurer (President) Didier Burkhalter Johann Schneider-Ammann Simonetta Sommaruga Alain Berset Events 2 January – A man opens fire on people in the village of Daillon, Valais, killing 3 and wounding 2.2013-01-03 Switzerland gunman kills three in Daillon in Valais https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18773158 2024-08-11 BBC News en-GB 27 February – A man opens fire at a wood-processing plant in Menznau killing 5 people, including the shooter.Death toll from Swiss Menznau shooting rises to five https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/death-toll-from-swiss-menznau-shooting-rises-to-five-8561521.html The Independent 11 February 2024 en 5 April 2013 September – By popular referendum approved by 66% of the voters, the canton of Ticino prohibited to hide the face in a public area. it become the first canton in Switzerland to ban it.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/10327534/Burkas-and-niqabs-banned-from-Swiss-canton.html London The Daily Telegraph Nick Squires Burkas and niqabs banned from Swiss canton 23 September 2013 Deaths 16 May – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist (born 1933)The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1986/rohrer/facts/ NobelPrize.org 8 February 2024 See also Public holidays in Switzerland References 2013 collapsed Category:2013 in Europe Switzerland