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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.
The 49th imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, Aga Khan IV (pictured), dies at the age of 88 and is succeeded by his son, Aga Khan V.; Eleven people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden.
Disasters and accidents. Two people are killed when a boat carrying around 30 migrants capsizes near the coast of Kos, Greece.; International relations. Havana syndrome. A two-year investigation by seven U.S. intelligence agencies concludes it is "very unlikely" that Russia or another country was responsible for the "Havana syndrome" that affected U.S. diplomats and spies.
2021–2023 global energy crisis. 2022–2023 Pakistan economic crisis. The government orders the closure of all shopping malls and retail markets by 8:30 p.m. daily as part of an energy conservation plan to offset increasing energy prices. Politics and elections. 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
2023 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
2023 United Auto Workers strike. Ford reaches a deal with the United Auto Workers, signaling an end to the strike after 41 days. Credit rating agency S&P says that it is downgrading Israel's rating outlook to "negative" to reflect "the risk that the Israel–Hamas war could spread more widely".
2023 has been a year unlike any other in sport. Records were broken, torches were passed, movements were started and tears were shed. This is what happened in sport during 2023
2023 Herat earthquakes. At least 2,445 people are killed and 9,240 others are injured when two magnitude 6.3 earthquakes strike Herat Province, Afghanistan. 2023 Sikkim flash floods. The death toll from the severe flooding caused by a cloudburst in Sikkim, India, increases to 47 people.