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2023 Leagues Cup
2023 Leagues Cup: first expanded 47-club MLS-Liga MX tournament, July 21-August 19, 2023, 77 matches, $40M purse; Inter Miami beat Nashville SC 10-9 on penalties for its first trophy, with Messi top scorer (10 goals).
2023 Lewiston shootings
The 2023 Lewiston shootings: Robert Card, a 40-year-old Army reservist, killed 18 and wounded 13 at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston, Maine, on October 25, 2023, Maine's deadliest mass shooting; he was found dead two days later.
2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election
2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election: jungle primary held October 14, 2023, in which Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry won outright with 51.56% over Democrat Shawn Wilson (25.93%), succeeding term-limited John Bel Edwards; inaugurated January 2024 as the 57th governor.
2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, held 17 November 2023: BJP won 163 of 230 seats (49.03%) for a fifth term under Shivraj Singh Chouhan's welfare-led campaign; Congress 66 (40.8%); turnout 77.82%.
2023 Major League Baseball draft
2023 MLB Draft (Rule 4 Draft), held July 9-12 in Seattle: first draft with a top-six lottery; Pirates took Paul Skenes No. 1, Nationals Dylan Crews No. 2, first teammates 1-2; 614 players, LSU led with 13.
2023 Major League Baseball season
2023 Major League Baseball season: first year of the pitch timer, shift restrictions, larger bases, and pickoff limits; average game fell to 2:40, attendance rose 9.6%, and the Texas Rangers won the World Series.
2023 Major League Soccer season
2023 Major League Soccer season: MLS's 28th season with 29 clubs including St. Louis CITY SC; FC Cincinnati won the Supporters' Shield (69 points), Columbus Crew beat LAFC 2-1 for MLS Cup, Inter Miami won Leagues Cup, and Lionel Messi's July arrival drove record attendance of 22,111 per match.
2023 Marrakech earthquake
The 2023 Marrakech earthquake, or Al Haouz earthquake, was a magnitude 6.8 quake in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains on 8 September 2023, killing at least 2,946 people.
2023 Masters (snooker)
2023 Masters snooker, 8-15 January at Alexandra Palace, London; invitational Triple Crown event. Judd Trump beat Mark Williams 10-8 for his second title; Williams had upset Ronnie O'Sullivan; highest break 143.
2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela, the 15th men's field hockey World Cup, held 13–29 January 2023 in Odisha, India; 16 teams, 44 matches; Germany beat Belgium 5–4 on shoot-out for their third title.
2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster
Pylos shipwreck: capsizing of the migrant trawler Adriana on 14 June 2023 off Pylos, Greece (Messenia), killing 600+ of about 750 aboard; survivors allege a coast guard tow caused it, which the Hellenic Coast Guard denies.
2023 Michigan Energy Law
The 2023 Michigan Energy Law is a package of public acts signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in November 2023 requiring 100% clean electricity by 2040 and creating a state siting process for renewable projects.
2023 Mining Code (Mali)
The 2023 Mining Code is Mali's law governing mineral exploration and exploitation, promulgated on 29 August 2023 to replace the 2019 code and raise the state's share of mining revenue.
2023 MotoGP World Championship
2023 MotoGP World Championship season (FIM/Dorna). First year with Saturday Sprint races at all Grands Prix, expanding races from 20 to 42. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) won back-to-back titles; Ducati took 17 wins and all three championships.
2023 Mr. Olympia
2023 Mr. Olympia: the 59th Olympia Weekend, November 3–4, 2023, in Orlando, Florida, where Derek Lunsford won the Open title, dethroning Hadi Choopan, with Keone Pearson, Chris Bumstead, and Andrea Shaw heading other divisions.
2023 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, held September 12 at Newark's Prudential Center and hosted by Nicki Minaj, saw Taylor Swift win nine awards including a fourth Video of the Year for "Anti-Hero", Shakira receive the Video Vanguard Award, and a 50-years-of-hip-hop finale.
2023 NASCAR Cup Series
2023 NASCAR Cup Series: 75th anniversary season, 36 races at 26 tracks. Ryan Blaney won his first championship at Phoenix; William Byron led season points with 6 wins; 15 different winners, including Shane van Gisbergen's Chicago street-race debut win.
2023 Nashville school shooting
The 2023 Nashville school shooting, or Covenant School shooting, was a March 27, 2023 attack at a private Nashville elementary school in which former student Audrey Hale killed six people.
2023 national electoral calendar
2023 national electoral calendar: national and federal elections and referendums held in 2023, including Türkiye's 14 May vote, Nigeria's 25 February presidential election, and Argentina's 19 November run-off, amid documented manipulation and democratic decline.
2023 NBA All-Star Game
2023 NBA All-Star Game, 72nd edition, Salt Lake City, Vivint Arena, Feb 19, 2023. Team Giannis beat Team LeBron 184-175; Jayson Tatum scored a record 55 points for MVP; first live pregame draft; record-low 4.59 million viewers.
2023 NBA draft
2023 NBA draft, held June 22, 2023: San Antonio Spurs won the lottery and selected Victor Wembanyama No. 1; Brandon Miller went second, Scoot Henderson third; 58 picks after two forfeits.
2023 NBA Finals
2023 NBA Finals: Denver Nuggets beat eighth-seeded Miami Heat 4-1 (June 1-12, ABC) for their first title; Nikola Jokić named Finals MVP (30.2/14.0/7.2) after leading the playoffs in points, rebounds and assists.
2023 NBA playoffs
2023 NBA playoffs: Denver Nuggets won their first NBA title, beating the 8th-seeded Miami Heat 4-1 in the Finals; Nikola Jokic was Finals MVP and led the postseason in points, rebounds, and assists.
2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season, played from August 2023 to January 2024, ended with Michigan winning both the AP and College Football Playoff national titles.
2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (March Madness): 68-team single-elimination championship; fourth-seeded UConn beat fifth-seeded San Diego State 76-59 in Houston for its fifth title; Fairleigh Dickinson upset Purdue.
2023 New South Wales state election
The 2023 New South Wales state election (25 March 2023) elected the 58th NSW Parliament: Labor under Chris Minns won 45 of 93 Assembly seats on 54.3% two-party preferred, ending 12 years of Coalition government under Dominic Perrottet.
2023 New Zealand general election
The 2023 New Zealand general election (14 October 2023) elected the 54th Parliament under MMP. National won 38.06% and 48 seats, Labour 26.91% and 34; a National-ACT-NZ First coalition under Christopher Luxon formed on 27 November 2023.
2023 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
2023 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election: caucus vote of 22 January 2023 replacing Jacinda Ardern; sole candidate Chris Hipkins won unanimous backing and became the 41st Prime Minister on 25 January, with Carmel Sepuloni as deputy, and was endorsed again after Labour's October election defeat.
2023 NFL Draft
2023 NFL Draft, held April 27-29 in Kansas City, Missouri; 259 picks over seven rounds. Bryce Young went first to Carolina; Houston took C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson; Miami forfeited its first-round pick.
2023 NFL season
2023 NFL season, the league's 104th, ran September 2023 to January 2024; Ravens went 13-4, Panthers 2-15, Dolphins scored 70 on Denver, and kickoff returns hit a record-low 21.8%.