2013 Event The largest fancy orange diamond on record was sold at Christie's auction in Geneva; the 14.82-carat stunner sold for $35.5 million 2007 Death Jean Balissat, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva, dies in Corcelles-le-Jorat, Switzerland 1991 Event Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis 1991 Event Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th 1988 Event Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva 1988 Event U.N. votes 151-2 (Isr and U.S.) to move PLO debate to Geneva, British abstains 1986 Death Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86 1986 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1986 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1986 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA) 1982 Death Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95 1982 Event Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland) 1979 Birthday Jayna Cronin Geneva, New York, dance skater, & Dreger-1997 National-13th 1976 Birthday Carlos Moya, born in Geneva, Spain, professional tennis player, ranked 1st in the World for singles, won over 500 ATP-level matches, won French Open singles, 1998 1973 Event Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva 1970 Birthday Marc Rosset, born in Geneva, Switzerland, tennis star, 1992 French Doubles 1969 Event U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters 1969 Birthday Jaimie Dawson, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics 1968 Event Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1968 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1968 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1968 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1968 Birthday Lorraine Olivia, Geneva, Illinois, playmate, Nov, 1990 1964 Event 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva 1964 Event UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva 1962 Event Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1957 Birthday Kate Burton, born in Geneva, Switzerland, actress, Ice Storm, August 1955 Event Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 1954 Event At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1954 Event Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva 1948 Birthday Chester G. Atkins, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1985 - 1993 1947 Event 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva 1936 Birthday Jean Balissat, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva 1934 Event Disarmament conference in Geneva fails 1932 Event Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries 1928 Event 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva 1927 Birthday Robert Abernethy, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Newscaster, NBC News Encore 1925 Event British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement 1924 Event League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva 1920 Event League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva 1920 Event League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva 1918 Death Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1916 Event Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary 'Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver. Colorado 1909 Birthday C. Dillon Douglas, born in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1961 - 1965 1898 Birthday Paul Tournier, born in Geneva, Switzerland, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings 1895 Birthday Michel Simon, born in Geneva, Switzerland 1890 Birthday Frank Martin, born in Geneva, Switzerland, composer, In Terra Fax 1880 Birthday Ernest Bloch, born in Geneva, Switzerland, composer, MacBeth 1864 Event Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations 1864 Event Red Cross forms in Geneva 1863 Event Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva 1816 Event Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders 1622 Death Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 1567 Birthday Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint 1558 Event Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland 1377 Event Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
