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October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. The Republican majority fails to deliver enough votes for Jim Jordan to become House Speaker on the third vote, with Jordan also losing a subsequent secret ballot among Republican members, thereby ending his nomination.
2023 (Friday) 2022 (Thursday) ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 72 days remain until the end of the year ...
October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. Steve Scalise withdraws his candidacy for House Speaker a day after being nominated, citing a lack of sufficient support from the Republican Party in the U.S. House. (The Washington Post
October 9, 2023. On the third day of fighting after Hamas' surprise rocket and ground incursion into Israel, and as Israel continues to bombard Hamas targets in Gaza from the air, Israel Defense ...
Israel and Hamas agree to a four-day ceasefire, the first pause in fighting since 7 October, during which many Israeli hostages will be released, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. [263] 2023 Dutch general election: Far-right Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) wins the most seats. [264]
Just days before US president Joe Biden is set to leave office, ... Egypt and Qatar have repeatedly tried to secure a ceasefire ever since the conflict began on 7 October 2023, with both Israel ...
On 17 October 2023, amid the Israel–Hamas war, Iraqi militants launched a drone strike on al-Asad Airbase, a United States base in northern Iraq. [42] [43] The airstrike was intercepted. [44] The next day, a false alarm in the airbase caused the death of a civilian contractor from cardiac arrest. [33]
In Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 2008, Saint Patrick's Day (Monday 17 March) fell six days before Easter (Sunday 23 March), creating a three-day week (Tuesday 18 – Thursday 20 March). This will next happen in 2035, when Saint Patrick's Day falls on Saturday, so the public holiday is moved forward to the following Monday 19 ...