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It happened today: First Swiss Railway Station Opened

Published: December 21, 2025 · Period: 2025-12-11

This insight lists historic events that occurred on the same day in the past.

Mark Tobey was an influential American painter born on December 11, 1890. Known for his "white writing" style, he combined Asian calligraphy with abstract expressionism. Tobey moved to Basel, Switzerland, in the early 1960s, where he continued his artistic work until his death. His contributions to the Northwest School and influence on artists like Jackson Pollock are well recognized. See wikipedia for more information.

Jacob Wackernagel, born in Basel on December 11, 1853, was a renowned Swiss linguist and Indo-Europeanist. He studied and taught at the University of Basel, succeeding Friedrich Nietzsche as Professor of Greek. Wackernagel made significant contributions to linguistics, including Wackernagel's law on the placement of unstressed words in Indo-European syntax. He spent much of his career in Basel, serving as Rector and producing influential works such as Altindische Grammatik. See wikipedia for more information.

On December 11, 1845, the first railway station on Swiss soil was ceremonially opened in Basel, located at today's Spitalstrasse. It was part of the Strasbourg-Basel line.

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