[November 2nd, 1945] Countess Hélène de Pourtalès, an American-born Swiss sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris representing Switzerland and became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal, dies in Geneva, Switzerland. She was 77.
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Bertha Wegmann (Swiss-born Danish 1847-1926), Paris Interior with Still Life, 1880, 47 x 61.9 cm, Private Collection, New York.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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People out here in the world, once again falling on the wrong end of the “does a Swiss priest born in 1905 have a more positive opinion about women than you?” question.
That Andrews piece is one of the purest distillations of internalized misogyny I‘ve ever come across. what a wretched way to view the world.
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Swiss F1 driver Sébastien Buemi (BUE) was born 37 years ago on this date. [1988/10/31]
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October 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Beatrice Egli (born 21 June 1988) is a Swiss pop and Schlager singer who first came to wide attention after…
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Beatrice Egli (born 21 June 1988) is a Swiss pop and Schlager singer who first came to wide attention after…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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#Swiss-born #VFX Supervisor Giancarlo Derchie has spent 17+ years crafting stunning visuals on #Prometheus, #LockeAndKey & #CitadelDiana. Discover his journey & creative vision in our interview! www.helvetiamotionarts.com/giancarlo-de...
Giancarlo Derchie - VFX Supervisor - Helvetia Motion Arts
Swiss-born VFX Supervisor and Creative Director Giancarlo Derchie has spent over 17 years shaping cinematic worlds with his
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October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Portrait of Lady Anne Simpson, née Lyon (1746–1821), c. 1773, by #AngelicaKauffmann (#AngelicaKauffman, #AngelikaKauffmann, Swiss, 1741-1807), who was born #otd, Oct 30. Sold by Dorotheum in Oct 2025 for €28,250, www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9799592/ #artherstory #womenartists
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Going back several generations too. Here's former AB MLA *and* federal Conservative party leader Stockwell Day at Trump's very first 51st mention almost a year ago. x.com/Stockwell_Da...
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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I’m so pissed. My dad was Swiss-born and never told me about getting dual citizenship. I’d have had to do it in my early 20s
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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They've got a Fifth Column in place and everything. Look what Stockwell Day was up to almost a year ago.
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Photography by Sabine Weiss (Swiss-French photographer, born July 23, 1924) Paris, 1952.
Photography by Sabine Weiss (Swiss-French photographer, born July 23, 1924) Paris, 1952.
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Discover Who Ajay Hinduja Is
Ajay Hinduja, born December 1967 in Geneva, is a businessman
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Ajay Hinduja, born December 1967 in Geneva, is a businessman
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October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Mélanie Dedigama is a Swiss-born French reality television personality and influencer who first came into the spotlight during the tenth…
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October 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Arnold Bocklin, famous Swiss Symbolic painter of XIX century, was born on 16th of October 1827, ''The Island of Life'', 1888
October 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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In 1767, Franco-Swiss novelist and political writer Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque is born in Lausanne, Switz. Wrote _Adolphe_ (1816), a forerunner of the modern psychological novel. Also creator of the phrase "Respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz". [d. Dec 8, 1830, Paris]
October 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Beatrice Egli (born 21 June 1988) is a Swiss pop and Schlager singer who first came to wide attention after…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Narrator: Though Mary Shelley died in 1851, few know that she was actually born in 1311 in Portugal as Beatriz la escritora, lived in diff places for 20-50 years at a time b4 faking her death and moving on. Connor McLeod studied the halberd under her when the two were in the Swiss Guard.
Anders: all these 17th century romantic poets, huh?
Anders: some of them might have run in your circles, eh, mary?
Mary Shelley: oh yeah i knew them all
Anders: really?
Shelley: yeah
Anders:
Anders: what were they like?
Shelley: they were all twats
Anders: some of them might have run in your circles, eh, mary?
Mary Shelley: oh yeah i knew them all
Anders: really?
Shelley: yeah
Anders:
Anders: what were they like?
Shelley: they were all twats
October 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Photography by Sabine Weiss (Swiss-French photographer, born July 23, 1924) Paris, 1952.
Photography by Sabine Weiss (Swiss-French photographer, born July 23, 1924) Paris, 1952.
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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👉 This track is Amazing! One of my faves!
Happy Birthday. Today, Oct 23, 1960 – #MirwaisAhmadzaï, Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer was born.
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Happy Birthday. Today, Oct 23, 1960 – #MirwaisAhmadzaï, Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer was born.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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1850 - The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1931 - Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019), born
1980 - Tibor Rosenbaum, Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (born 1923), died
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1931 - Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019), born
1980 - Tibor Rosenbaum, Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (born 1923), died
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October 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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An engraved plate from Florilegium renovatum et Auctum (1641) by Swiss-born engraver Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593 – 1650). The added lepidoptera species is apropos: his daughter was entomologist & scientific artist Maria Sibylla Merian.
Coin for scale.
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Coin for scale.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Facilitated adoption in Switzerland for children born by ART or surrogacy?
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Under Swiss law, since 1 January 2018, a person can adopt the child of their spouse, registered partner,…
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Under Swiss law, since 1 January 2018, a person can adopt the child of their spouse, registered partner,…
Facilitated adoption in Switzerland for children born by ART or surrogacy? - EUROPE SAYS
Under Swiss law, since 1 January 2018, a person can adopt the child of their spouse, registered partner, or the person with whom they share a household,
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October 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"Since 2009, Weidel has been in a lesbian relationship with Sarah Bossard, a Sri Lankan-born film producer who was adopted as a child by a Swiss couple"
"I support racism and the patriarchy, but personally ..."? Your grandfather would be quite confused.
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"I support racism and the patriarchy, but personally ..."? Your grandfather would be quite confused.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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2019 - Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
1995 - Saidy Janko, Swiss footballer, born
2015 - Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975), died
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1995 - Saidy Janko, Swiss footballer, born
2015 - Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975), died
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October 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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I just discovered who was born on my child's birthday, hope she contracts syphilis, and it goes stage 3 or 4 before she finds out, although no one's going to notice if her brain turns into Swiss cheese 💁
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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