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The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Myanmar civil war continued in 2023, and a series of coups, several armed conflicts, and political crises broke out in numerous African nations, most notably a war in Sudan.
The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in the United States. The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber.
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (or simply The Covenant) is a 2023 American action drama film co-written, produced and directed by Guy Ritchie. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim. Its plot follows John Kinley, a U.S. Army Green Beret master sergeant, and Ahmed, his Afghan interpreter, fighting the Taliban .
Air is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Ben Affleck and written by Alex Convery. The film is based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan , a basketball shoeline, of which a Nike employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan .
On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Highest-grossing films of 2023 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Barbie: Warner Bros. $636,236,401 2 The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Universal: $574,934,330 3 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Sony: $381,593,754 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Disney: $358,995,815 5 Oppenheimer: Universal $329,862,540 6 The Little Mermaid: Disney ...
The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup (also referred to as simply the 2023 Cricket World Cup) was the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted from 5 October to 19 November 2023 across ten venues in India.
The 2023 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The off-year election included gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states, as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBA Finals , their first title in franchise history.
9.0 million SEK. First awarded. 1901. Website. Official website. ← 2022 ·. Nobel Peace Prize. · 2024 →. The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi (born 1972) "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all." [1]