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2023 SEA Games
The 2023 SEA Games were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 5 to 17 May 2023, with more than 12,000 athletes competing in 36 sports.
2023 Serbian parliamentary election
2023 Serbian parliamentary election, 17 December 2023 snap election for the 250-seat National Assembly; SNS-led "Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Must Not Stop" won 129 seats (46.75%), Serbia Against Violence 65; ODIHR and CRTA found unjust conditions and irregularities.
2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
The 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt was a failed armed assault on 26 November 2023 in which gunmen attacked the Wilberforce Barracks armoury and Freetown's main prison.
2023 Singapore money laundering case
Singapore's largest money laundering case, the S$3 billion "Fujian gang" case: ten foreign nationals arrested 15 August 2023, over S$3 billion in assets seized, ten convicted, and major AML reforms followed.
2023 Singaporean presidential election
The 2023 Singaporean presidential election, held 1 September 2023, elected Tharman Shanmugaratnam as ninth President with 70.41% of votes over Ng Kok Song (15.72%) and Tan Kin Lian (13.87%); first contested race since 2011.
2023 Six Nations Championship
The 2023 Six Nations Championship, the 24th edition of Europe's annual rugby union tournament, ran from February to March 2023 and was won by Ireland with a Grand Slam.
2023 Slovak parliamentary election
Early election to Slovakia's 150-seat National Council on 30 September 2023; Smer-SD under Robert Fico won about 23%, and Smer-SD, Hlas, and SNS formed a 79-seat coalition government confirmed in November.
2023 Southern and Midwestern United States drought and heat wave
The 2023 Southern and Midwestern United States drought and heat wave was a combined drought and extreme heat event costing $14.5 billion, the costliest US weather disaster of 2023.
2023 Spanish general election
Snap Spanish general election of 23 July 2023 (Elecciones generales de España de 2023): PP under Feijóo won 137 of 350 Congress seats but Sánchez formed a PSOE-Sumar minority government, invested 179-171 in November 2023.
2023 Spanish local elections
Municipal elections held across Spain's 8,131 municipalities on 28 May 2023, alongside 12 regional contests. PP won 31.50% ahead of PSOE's 28.11%; turnout was 63.90%, the third lowest ever, triggering Sánchez's July snap election.
2023 Spanish regional elections
2023 Spanish regional elections (28M), held 28 May 2023 in 12 autonomous communities plus Ceuta and Melilla with municipal elections; the PP and Vox won, triggering the 23 July snap general election.
2023 Stanley Cup Finals
2023 Stanley Cup Final: Vegas Golden Knights beat Florida Panthers 4-1 for their first Cup, clinching 9-3 in Game 5 on June 13, 2023; Marchessault won the Conn Smythe.
2023 Stanley Cup playoffs
2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, NHL postseason for the 2022-23 season, April 17 to June 13, 2023. Vegas Golden Knights won their first Cup, beating the Florida Panthers 4-1; Marchessault won the Conn Smythe.
2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election: all-out election, 4 May 2023, all 63 seats of Stockport Council (21 wards). Liberal Democrats won but fell short of a majority; Conservatives lost every seat, first time off the council since 1973.
2023 Swiss federal election
2023 Swiss federal election (22 October 2023): parliamentary elections in which the SVP/UDC gained nine seats to 62, the SP reached 41, and the Green parties lost ground; turnout 46.6%; followed on 13 December by the Federal Council election, where Beat Jans replaced Alain Berset.
2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election
The 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election (30 November polling, 3 December counting) elected 119 seats; the Congress won 64 seats (39.40%), ending BRS rule under K. Chandrashekar Rao, with Revanth Reddy becoming chief minister.
2023 Thai general election
2023 Thai general election, held 14 May 2023, elected Thailand's 500-seat House of Representatives. Move Forward won 151 seats but the appointed Senate blocked Pita Limjaroenrat; Pheu Thai's Srettha Thavisin became prime minister.
2023 Tour de France
2023 Tour de France, 110th edition, Bilbao to Paris, 3,404 km, 21 stages. Jonas Vingegaard beat Tadej Pogačar by 7'29" for his second title; record 30 major ascents, one 22.4 km time trial, Basque Grand Départ.
2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, held 16 February 2023, elected all 60 seats of the Tripura Vidhan Sabha. BJP won 32 of 60 (38.97%), Tipra Motha 13, CPI(M) 11, Congress 3; turnout 89.95%.
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, also called the Kahramanmaras earthquake, were magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria on 6 February 2023, killing over 59,000 people.
2023 Turkish general election
2023 Turkish general election: parliamentary vote and presidential election on 14 May 2023 with a 28 May run-off in Türkiye. Erdoğan (People's Alliance, AKP) defeated Kılıçdaroğlu (Nation Alliance) 52.2% to 47.8%; ODIHR found a competitive but uneven contest.
2023 Turkish parliamentary election
The 2023 Turkish parliamentary election, held 14 May 2023, elected all 600 Grand National Assembly seats under a new 7% threshold. Erdoğan's People's Alliance (AKP, MHP, YRP, BBP) kept its majority, reduced from 344 to about 322 seats, with 87.1% turnout.
2023 Turkish presidential election
2023 Turkish presidential election, held 14 May and 28 May 2023; incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan beat Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Turkey's first-ever presidential runoff after winning 49.52 percent in round one, with record 88.9 percent turnout and OSCE-criticized media bias.
2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships awarded 22 track titles in Glasgow from 3 to 9 August 2023, with Great Britain topping the medal table.
2023 UEFA Champions League final
2023 UEFA Champions League final, Manchester City vs Inter, 10 June 2023 at Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium; City won 1-0 through Rodri's 68th-minute goal, taking their first Champions League and completing the treble under Pep Guardiola.
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, U21 EURO, held in Georgia and Romania 21 June to 8 July 2023; England beat Spain 1-0 in the final for a third title, first since 1984, without conceding a goal.
2023 UEFA Nations League Finals
2023 UEFA Nations League Finals: third edition final four, hosted by the Netherlands in Rotterdam and Enschede, 14-18 June 2023. Spain beat Croatia 5-4 on penalties after 0-0 for their first title; Italy took third.
2023 UEFA Super Cup
2023 UEFA Super Cup: Manchester City beat Sevilla 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw on 16 August 2023 at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, after the fixture was relocated from Kazan.
2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (Women's Under-19 EURO), held in Belgium 18-30 July 2023; Spain beat Germany 3-2 on penalties in Leuven for a fifth title, with the four semi-finalists qualifying for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
2023 UK Championship
2023 UK Championship (MrQ UK Championship): snooker ranking event, York Barbican, 25 Nov-3 Dec 2023. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Ding Junhui 10-7 for a record eighth UK title, his 40th ranking title, becoming the event's oldest champion.