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+January 1 – Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area, becoming the 20th member state of the Eurozone and the 27th member of the Schengen Area. This is the first enlargement of the Eurozone since Lithuania's entry in 2015, and the first enlargement of the Schengen Area since Liechtenstein's entry in 2011.[1][2]
+January 5 – The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI is held at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City.[3] The funeral was attended by an estimated 50,000 people.[4]
+The 2023 Beninese parliamentary election is held, with the Progressive Union for Renewal party winning a plurality of seats.[5]
+Following the 2022 Brazilian general election and the inauguration of Lula da Silva as president of Brazil,[6][7] supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and the Presidential Palace of Planalto.[8][9]
+January 9 – Juliaca massacre: At least 18 people are killed and over 100 others are injured when the Peruvian National Police fire upon demonstrations in Juliaca.[10]
+Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to AdventHealth Celebration with abdominal pain.[11]
+January 10–17 – A cold snap in Afghanistan kills 166 people and nearly 80,000 livestock.[12]
+January 15 – Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes during final approach into Pokhara, Nepal, killing all 72 people on board.[13]
+January 16 – Tigray War: Amharan Special Forces withdraw from the Tigray Region in line with an African Union-backed peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front.[14]
+January 17 – Nguyễn Xuân Phúc resigns as President of Vietnam amid several recent scandals in the government.[15]
+January 18 – A helicopter crash in Brovary near Kyiv, Ukraine kills 14 people including Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky.[16][17][18]
+January 20 – The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago elects former senate president, minister and lawyer Christine Kangaloo as president in a 48–22 vote.[19]
+Burkina Faso requests French forces to withdraw from its territory after suspending a military accord that allowed the presence of French troops in the country.[20]
+Tigray War: Eritrean forces withdraw from Shire and other major towns in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.[21]
+January 25 – Chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister of New Zealand,[22] six days after she announced her resignation.[23]
+January 27 – Widespread unrest erupts in Israel following an Israeli military raid in Jenin the previous day, which killed nine Palestinians. Incendiary air balloons are launched into Israeli-populated areas following it. Israel responds with targeted airstrikes. Later the same day, seven Jewish civilians are killed in a synagogue in Neve Yaakov in a terrorist attack.[24][25]
+January 27–28 – The second round of the 2023 Czech presidential election is held, with Petr Pavel declared winner.[26]
+A Jamaat-ul-Ahrar suicide bombing inside a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, kills 84 people and injures over 220 others.[27][28][29]
+Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that Kiribati will rejoin the Pacific Islands Forum after leaving the organization the previous year.[30]
+February 1 – Lebanese liquidity crisis: The central bank of Lebanon devalues the Lebanese pound by 90% amid an ongoing financial crisis.[31]
+Israel and Sudan announce the finalization of an agreement to normalize relations between the two countries.[32]
+The European Central Bank and Bank of England raise their interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to combat inflation, one day after the US Federal Reserve raises its federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage points.[33]
+The US announces it is tracking alleged Chinese spy balloons over the Americas, later announcing that the balloons did not collect any information.[34] One balloon drifts from Yukon to South Carolina before being shot down the next day, and a second hovers over Colombia and Brazil. This event is followed by subsequent detections and shootdowns of high-altitude objects elsewhere.[35][36][37]
+A Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derails in East Palestine, Ohio. Multiple train cars burn for more than two days, followed by emergency crews conducting a controlled burn of several additional cars, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the atmosphere.[38][39]
+Cyclone Freddy near Madagascar
+February 4 – Cyclone Freddy forms in the Indian Ocean. It would become the longest lasting tropical cyclone in history and cause over 1,400 deaths and countless injuries and property damage across southeastern Africa.[40]
+February 5 – The 2023 Cypriot presidential election is held, with Nikos Christodoulides elected president.[41][42]
+February 6 – A 7.8 Mww earthquake strikes southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria followed by a 7.7 Mww  aftershock on the same day, causing widespread damage and at more than 59,000 fatalities and 121,000 injured.[43][44][45]
+February 13 – The 2023 Bangladeshi presidential election scheduled for 19 February is held, with Shahabuddin Chuppu of the Awami League, the only nominated candidate, elected unopposed.[46][47][48][49][50]
+February 14 – The European Parliament approves a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles in the European Union from 2035, citing the need to combat climate change in Europe and promote electric vehicles.[51]
+February 16 – Lawmakers in the Russian State Duma vote to withdraw Russia from 21 conventions of the Council of Europe.[52]
+February 17 – The South African Navy hosts a 10-day joint military exercise in the Indian Ocean with Russia and China.[53]
+February 19 – Libyan Crisis: The African Union announces the organization of a peace conference to address the instability in Libya.[54]
+February 21 – Vladimir Putin announces that Russia is suspending its participation in New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US.[55]
+February 23 – Oman opens its airspace to Israeli airlines for the first time, in an upgrade of bilateral relations.[56]
+February 25 – 2023 Nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.[57][58]
+February 27 – The United Kingdom and the European Union reach an agreement surrounding modifications to the Northern Ireland Protocol.[59]
+February 28 – A train crash in Thessaly, Greece, kills 57 people and injures dozens. The crash leads to nationwide protests and strikes against the condition of Greek railways and their mismanagement.[60][61]
+Võ Văn Thưởng becomes the new president of Vietnam
+March 2 – The National Assembly of Vietnam declares Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president after receiving 98.38% votes from the Vietnamese parliament.[62]
+UN member states agree on a legal framework for the High Seas Treaty, which aims to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030.[63][64]
+Kivu conflict: Burundi deploys 100 troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help fight insurgencies by militias, including M23.[65]
+March 5 – The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.[66]
+March 8–21 – The 2023 World Baseball Classic is held in, and won by, Japan.[67]
+March 8 – Allied Democratic Forces jihadist insurgents use machetes to kill about 35 people in the village of Mukondi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[68]
+Xi Jinping is re-elected as the president of the People's Republic of China
+The 2023 Chinese presidential election is held with the National People's Congress unanimously re-electing Xi Jinping as the President of the People's Republic of China to an unprecedented third term.[69]
+Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to resume diplomatic relations which were severed in 2016, at talks mediated by China.[70]
+Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the United States, fails, creating then the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis, affecting companies around the world.[71][72]
+Kivu conflict: Angola announces the deployment of troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the failure of a ceasefire between government forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu.[73]
+March 14 – OpenAI launches GPT-4, a large language model for ChatGPT, which can respond to images and can process up to 25,000 words.[74]
+March 17 – The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, marking the first arrest warrant against a leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.[75][76]
+March 19 – In a deal brokered by the Swiss government, investment bank UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion (US$3.2 billion) in an all-stock deal.[77][78][79]
+March 20 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the synthesis report of its Sixth Assessment Report on climate change.[80]
+March 23 – World Athletics, the global governing body for athletics, bans trans women who have gone through male puberty from competing in female events.[81]
+March 24–27 – A tornado outbreak kills at least 26 people in Mississippi and Alabama. This includes a violent tornado which devastated the city of Rolling Fork and the town of Silver City in Mississippi, killing 16 people and injuring 165 others.[82][83]
+Honduras switches its formal diplomatic recognition of "China" from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China.[84]
+2023 Israeli judicial reform protests: Large-scale spontaneous protests erupt across Israel in the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firing his defense minister who criticized the government's judicial overhaul plan.[85][86][87]
+Brazil and China sign an agreement to trade in their own currencies, ceasing the usage of the United States dollar as an intermediary.[88]
+Burkina Faso formally resumes diplomatic relations with North Korea after suspending them in 2017.[89]
+March 30 – The International Court of Justice rules that the United States violated its Treaty of Amity with Iran when it allowed its domestic courts to freeze assets held by Iranian companies.[90]
+March 31 – April 1 – A historic and widespread tornado outbreak occurs in the United States, killing 33 people, injuring more than 218 others, and caused over $5.4 billion in damage. This tornado outbreak produced 147 tornadoes, making it the third-largest tornado outbreak in history.[91]
+The 2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election results in a GERB—SDS–PP–DB coalition government headed by Nikolai Denkov as prime minister, and ends two years of political deadlock.[92]
+The 2023 Montenegrin presidential election is held, with Jakov Milatović of the Europe Now! movement winning in the second round, becoming the first president not from the DPS party since the introduction of a multi-party system in 1990.[93]
+The 2023 Finnish parliamentary election is held, with the centre-right National Coalition led by Petteri Orpo receiving the most votes.[94]
+The 2023 Andorran parliamentary election is held, with the ruling Democrats for Andorra led by Prime Minister Xavier Espot winning the majority of the seats.[95]
+Finland joins NATO as the 31st member
+April 4 – Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO, doubling the alliance's border with Russia.[96]
+April 5 – Clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli police happen at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.[97]
+April 10 – Two document leaks from the Pentagon detailing foreign military aid relating to the Russian invasion of Ukraine are leaked onto the Internet.[98]
+April 11 – Myanmar civil war: In the village of Pazigyi, at least 165 people are killed by the Myanmar Air Force during the opening celebrations of a People's Defence Force administration office.[99]
+April 14 – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) to search for life in the Jovian system, with an expected arrival year of 2031.[100]
+Nuclear power in Germany ends after 50 years, with the closure of the final power plants.[101][102]
+Fighting breaks out across Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The RSF captures Khartoum International Airport, and the presidential palace in Khartoum.[103]
+April 19 – At least 90 people are killed and another 322 injured in a crowd crush during a Ramadan charity event in Sanaa, Yemen.[104][105]
+April 20 – SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time in a test flight from Texas. It explodes four minutes after launch.[106]
+April 21 – The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, representing a majority of the global Anglican population, reject the leadership of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as the head of global Anglicanism over his support for same-sex marriage.[107]
+April 25 – A mass cult suicide is uncovered in Shakahola forest in Kenya. 429 followers of the Good News International Ministries are found in shallow graves throughout the forest, with over 613 people missing.[108]
+April 29 – The 2023 Niuean general election is held and incumbent Dalton Tagelagi is re-elected as Premier of Niue.[109]
+The 2023 Paraguayan general election is held, with the Colorado Party candidate Santiago Peña being the president-elect of Paraguay, winning in a plurality.[110]
+The second round of the 2023 French Polynesian legislative election is held; the Tāvini Huiraʻatira party wins a majority of seats.[111] Moetai Brotherson, Tāvini Huiraʻatira's deputy leader, is elected President of French Polynesia.[112]
+May 1 – 2023 banking crisis: San Francisco-based First Republic Bank fails and is auctioned off by the US FDIC to JPMorgan Chase for $10.7 billion. The collapse surpasses March's collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to become the second largest in US history.[113]
+May 3 – A school shooting occurs in Belgrade, Serbia.[114] A second mass murder occurs the next day near Mladenovac and Smederevo.[115] These events leave 19 people dead, causing the government to increase regulations on gun ownership[116] and mass anti-government protests to begin.[117]
+May 4 – A series of floods and landslides strikes villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in over 400 deaths.[118]
+May 5 – The World Health Organization ends its declaration of COVID-19 being a global health emergency, but continues to refer to it as a pandemic.[119][120]
+Charles III and Camilla are crowned as King and Queen of the United Kingdom
+May 6 – The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.[121]
+May 7 – Syria is readmitted into the Arab League after being suspended since 2011.[122]
+May 9 – Cyclone Mocha forms in the Indian Ocean, killing over 400 people and injuring over 700 as it strikes Myanmar and Bangladesh.[123]
+May 9–13 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is held in Liverpool, UK.[124] Swedish contestant Loreen wins with the song "Tattoo".[125]
+May 11 – The World Health Organization ends its declaration of mpox being a global health emergency.[126]
+The 2023 Thai general election is held, with pro-democratic parties such as the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties gaining a majority of seats in the House of Representatives while pro-military parties such as Palang Pracharat lost seats.[127]
+The 49th G7 summit takes place in Hiroshima, Japan. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Japan on the second day of the summit.[128]
+The May 2023 Greek legislative election is held; the ruling New Democracy wins a plurality of seats in the Hellenic Parliament. Just days later, incumbent prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for another snap election to be held in June.[129][130]
+The 2023 East Timorese parliamentary election is held, with the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction and Fretilin parties receiving the most votes.[131] Xanana Gusmão is elected Prime Minister of East Timor.[132]
+May 24 – Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.[133]
+May 25 – Russia and Belarus sign an agreement in Minsk allowing the stationing of Russian tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory.[134]
+May 27 – The second round of the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election is held, with the ruling El Insaf Party receiving the most votes.[135]
+Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is re-elected as president of Turkey
+May 28 – The second round of the 2023 Turkish presidential election is held; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan defeats Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with 52.18% of the vote to win a third term as president.[136]
+May 31 – The 2023 Latvian presidential election is held; Edgars Rinkēvičs is elected the President of Latvia.[137]
+A train collision kills 296 people in Odisha, India
+Aftermath of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
+June 2 – A train collision in Odisha, India results in at least 296 deaths and more than 1,200 others injured.[138]
+The 2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election is held; the coalition Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka led by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, wins a majority of seats.[139]
+The 2023 Kuwaiti general election is held;[140] following the annulment of the results of the 2022 snap elections by the Constitutional Court.[141] 38 members retained their seats from the annulled 2022 session, while two returned from the dissolved 2020 session. Ten new MPs were elected for the first time.[142]
+Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled region of Kherson is destroyed, threatening the region with devastating floodwaters.[143][144]
+Due to smoke from wildfires in Canada, New York City in the United States is declared to have the worst air quality out of any city in the world.[145]
+June 11 – Honduras opens its first embassy in Beijing, China, after breaking off relations with Taiwan in March.[146]
+June 12 – Eritrea rejoins the Intergovernmental Authority on Development trade bloc after suspending its membership in 2007.[147]
+June 13 – At least 106 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria.[148]
+Scientists report the creation of the first synthetic human embryo from stem cells, without the need for sperm or egg cells.[149]
+At least 82 people die and 500 are reported missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of the Peloponnese.[150]
+June 18 – Titan submersible implosion: All five crew members of Titan, a deep-sea submersible exploring the wreck of the Titanic, are killed following a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.[151]
+The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopts the High Seas Treaty, the first treaty aimed towards marine conservation in international waters.[152]
+Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations after relations were suspended during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.[153]
+June 20 – At least 46 people are killed after a riot between MS-13 and Barrio 18 gang members at a women's prison near Tegucigalpa, Honduras.[154]
+June 23 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, begins an armed conflict with the Russian military, seizing the city of Rostov-on-Don and portions of the Voronezh Oblast before withdrawing the next day, after a peace agreement brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.[155]
+June 25 – The June 2023 Greek legislative election is held; Kyriakos Mitsotakis becomes prime minister after his centre-right party, New Democracy, wins a majority of seats in the Greek parliament.[156]
+June 28 – The 2023 Sierra Leonean general election is held; Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party is re-elected president.[157]
+June 30 – The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to end MINUSMA, its peacekeeping mission in Mali.[158]
+Indian oil refiners start payments for Russian oil imports in Chinese yuan as an alternative to the US dollar due to increasing sanctions against Russia.[159]
+In the largest incursion by Israel into the West Bank since the Second Intifada, the Israeli military deploys ground forces and armed drones into the Jenin camp, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. An attack claimed by Hamas as retaliation for the incursion, occurs in Tel Aviv the following day, injuring nine.[160][161]
+July 4 – Iran joins the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, becoming the organization's ninth member.[162]
+July 8 – In the Netherlands, the governing coalition collapses and Prime Minister Mark Rutte announces his upcoming resignation.[163]
+The 2023 Uzbek presidential election is held; Shavkat Mirziyoyev is re-elected president of Uzbekistan.[164]
+New Zealand signs a free trade agreement with the European Union, increasing bilateral trade.[165]
+China and the Solomon Islands sign a cooperation agreement between the People's Police and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force in an upgrade of bilateral relations.[166]
+The European Commission and the U.S. government sign a new data communication agreement aimed at resolving legal uncertainties that European and American companies face when transferring personal data.[167]
+July 13 – Pita Limjaroenrat fails to become Prime Minister of Thailand in a National Assembly vote after forming a coalition with pro-democracy parties following the 2023 Thai general election.[168]
+SAG-AFTRA members picketing during the strike as part of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
+July 14 – SAG-AFTRA announces it will begin a strike against the major film and TV studios in protest of low compensation, ownership of work, and generative AI.[169]
+July 19 – Typhoon Doksuri forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean, going on to kill 137 people in Southeast Asia.[170]
+July 20–August 20 – The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is held in Australia and New Zealand. In the final, Spain wins 1–0 against England.[171]
+July 20 – Bolivia and Iran sign a memorandum of understanding, in an upgrade of bilateral relations, expanding cooperation in the security and defense sectors.[172]
+July 21 – The films Barbie and Oppenheimer open, while being paired as a major internet and cultural event, Barbenheimer.[173][174]
+Aereal view of the fires on the Greek island of Rhodes
+2023 Greece wildfires: Tens of thousands of tourists flee Rhodes, Greece, amid wildfires and a major heatwave, in what officials say is the largest evacuation in the country's history.[175][176]
+Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for the second consecutive time.[177]
+The 2023 Cambodian general election is held, with the dominant Cambodian People's Party retaining control of every seat in the National Assembly.[178][179]
+The 2023 Spanish general election is held, with the People's Party becoming the largest party in the Congress of Deputies.[180]
+ECOWAS after the 2023 Niger coup
+July 26 – President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger is toppled in a coup d'état after members of his presidential guard and the armed forces seize control of the country and install General Abdourahamane Tchiani as leader of a military junta.[181][182]
+July 30 – 63 people are killed and over 200 are injured after a suicide bombing occurs in Khar, Pakistan; the Islamic State – Khorasan Province claims responsibility for the attack.[183]
+August 1 – Global warming: The world's oceans reach a new record high temperature of 20.96 °C (69.73 °F), exceeding the previous record in 2016. July is also the hottest month on record for globally averaged surface air temperatures by a considerable margin (0.3 °C (32.5 °F)).[184][185][186]
+The joint venture Centura Health split up as AdventHealth and CommonSpirit Health parted ways.[187][188]
+Burned building after the 2023 Hawaii wildfires
+August 8 – 2023 Hawaii wildfires: 17,000 acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.[189]
+August 10 – Tapestry, the holding company of Coach New York and Kate Spade, announces it will acquire Michael Kors' Capri Holdings, which also owns Versace and Jimmy Choo.[190]
+August 16–21 – Hurricane Hilary, a Category 4 Pacific Hurricane, strikes the Baja California peninsula and later causes record flooding in Southern California.[191]
+August 18 – American–Japanese–Korean trilateral pact: The United States, Japan, and South Korea agree to sign a trilateral pact.[192]
+August 20 – 2023 Guatemalan presidential election: After two rounds of voting, Bernardo Arévalo of Semilla is elected with 58% of the vote.[193][194]
+Wildfire near Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, Canada
+2023 Canadian wildfires: 68% of the Northwest Territories are forced to evacuate to other parts of the country due to wildfires.[195]
+Saudi Arabia is accused of mass killing hundreds of African migrants attempting to cross its border with Yemen.[196][197]
+August 22 – Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returns to Thailand after 15 years of political exile.[198]
+India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon, carrying a lunar lander named Vikram and a lunar rover named Pragyan.[199]
+Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder Dmitry Utkin and eight others[200][201] are killed when their plane crashes in Russia.[202]
+August 30 – Following the announcement of incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection as President of Gabon after the 2023 presidential election, the military launches a successful coup d'état and creates the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions to govern the country, ending the rule of the Bongo family after 56 years in power.[203]
+August 31 – 2023 Johannesburg building fire: 77 people are killed and more than 85 are injured in a fire in a building that had been taken over by gangs who rented it out to squatters.[204][205]
+2023 Al Haouz earthquake
+Storm Daniel near Libya
+September 1 – 2023 Singaporean presidential election: Economist and former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is elected president with a vote share of over 70%.[206]
+September 2 – The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1, India's first solar observation mission.[207]
+September 8 – October 28 – The 2023 Rugby World Cup is held in France. South Africa beat New Zealand 12–11 in the final at the Stade de France, claiming their 4th Rugby World Cup title.[208]
+September 8 – 2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Marrakesh–Safi province in western Morocco, killing at least 2,960 people and damaging historic buildings.[209]
+September 9 – At the 18th G20 summit in New Delhi, the African Union is announced as the 21st permanent member of the G20.[210]
+September 10 – Storm Daniel, a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, kills at least 5,000 people, with a further 10,000 to 100,000 reported missing. In the city of Derna in Libya, two dams collapse, resulting in a quarter of the city being destroyed.[211]
+September 14 – The European Central Bank (ECB) raises eurozone interest rates to an all-time high of 4%, amid ongoing inflationary pressures across the continent.[212]
+September 19 – Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Armenia-backed Republic of Artsakh, which ends with a swift Azerbaijani victory.[213] Protests erupt in Armenia, Artsakh announces the dissolution of government institutions, and over 100,000 ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh.[214][215]
+September 20 – Archaeologists in Zambia find the world's oldest wooden structure, dating back 476,000 years, consisting of two interlocking wooden logs connected by a notch securing one perpendicular to the other.[216]
+September 21 – Rupert Murdoch announces his retirement and passes his businesses on to his son Lachlan. Murdoch led News Corp and Fox, and formerly Sky Group.[217][218]
+September 24 – 2023 Nigerien crisis: French President Emmanuel Macron announces that France will end its military presence in Niger and will recall its ambassador from the country.[219]
+September 25 – An estimated 170 people are killed and over 300 are injured during an explosion at a gas station in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh.[220]
+September 30 – 2023 Slovak parliamentary election: Smer, under the leadership of former prime minister Robert Fico, wins a plurality of seats in the National Council.[221][222]
+Elected on January 8,[223] Kevin McCarthy is removed as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,[224] with Mike Johnson being elected new Speaker on October 25.[225]
+Sam Bankman-Fried, an American entrepreneur and founder of cryptocurrency exchange company FTX, is put on trial and later convicted on 7 charges of fraud and conspiracy. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison on March 28, 2024.[226]
+October 5 – November 19 – The 2023 Cricket World Cup is held in India, with Australia defeating India in the final.[227]
+Gaza war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and taking about 240 hostages,[228] prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces.[229] Israel launches numerous air strikes on Lebanon after rockets are fired by Hezbollah and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel.[230]
+A series of earthquakes occur in Herat Province in Afghanistan, killing over 1,000 people and injuring nearly 2,000, with tremors felt in Iran and Turkmenistan. The earthquakes are the deadliest in the country since 1998.[231]
+October 8 – Israel's Security Cabinet formally declares war for the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.[232]
+October 11 – ExxonMobil announces it will acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for $65 billion USD, the first of two major energy industry acquisitions of the month. The second occurs less than two weeks later on 23 October, where Hess announces it will be acquired by Chevron for $50 billion.[233][234]
+October 13 – After British regulators' approval, Microsoft closes its $68.7 billion USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard.[235]
+2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum: A majority of Australians vote against establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the constitution.[236][237]
+2023 New Zealand general election: The National Party wins a plurality of seats under leader Christopher Luxon, while the Labour Party suffers the worst result for an incumbent ruling party in modern New Zealand history.[238]
+In the second round of the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, Daniel Noboa of the National Democratic Action is elected as the youngest-ever President of Ecuador.[239]
+2023 Polish parliamentary election: The Law and Justice party wins the most seats, but loses its majority,[240][241] with its incumbent president Mateusz Morawiecki being succeeded by the Civic Platform party's Donald Tusk on 13 December.[242]
+Donald Tusk is elected as the Polish prime minister
+October 17 – An explosion occurs at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, where displaced Palestinians are taking refuge. Many fatalities are reported, but estimates vary significantly, from 100 to as many as 471, depending on the source.[243]
+October 22 – 2023 Swiss federal election: The Swiss People's Party retains its majority in the National Council.[244]
+October 25 – Hurricane Otis, an eastern Pacific tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Mexico near Acapulco, leaving at least 80 dead. It is the most powerful Eastern Pacific hurricane to make landfall in Mexico, with the highest winds reaching 165 mph, surpassing Hurricane Patricia's landfall in 2015.[245]
+October 31 – Israel intercepted a Yemeni Houthi ballistic missile with its Arrow 2 missile defense system. The interception occurred above Earth's atmosphere above the Negev Desert, making it the first instance of space combat in history.[246][247]
+November 1 – The first AI Safety Summit takes place in the United Kingdom, with 28 countries signing a "world first agreement" on how to manage the riskiest forms of artificial intelligence.[248][249]
+November 2 – The Beatles release "Now and Then", the band's last ever song, featuring restored vocals by John Lennon (1940–1980), as well as guitar tracks by George Harrison (1943–2001).[250]
+November 6 – Israel–Hamas war: The death toll in Gaza is reported to have passed 10,000. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres calls for a humanitarian ceasefire to increase the flow of aid to civilians.[251]
+November 7 – The Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces his pending resignation.[252][253] The President of Portugal decides to dissolve the parliament and call for early elections to be held on 10 March 2024.[254]
+November 9 – U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.[255]
+November 10 – In the Falepili Union treaty, Australia grants "special" freedom of movement and defence rights to Tuvaluans for residence and employment for climate reasons.[256]
+November 14–17 – President Biden hosts the APEC summit in San Francisco, which Chinese president Xi Jinping attends.[257] Both countries, at the conclusion of the summit, agree to re-open suspended channels of military communications and to cooperate in their fight against climate change.[258][259]
+November 17 – The global average temperature temporarily exceeds 2 °C above the pre-industrial average for the first time in recorded history.[260]
+Javier Milei wins the 2023 Argentine presidential election
+November 19 – 2023 Argentine presidential election: Following the first round on 22 October 2023, Javier Milei wins in the second round of the election, assuming office on 10 December with Victoria Villarruel as his vice president.[261]
+November 20 – A Boeing P-8A Poseidon operated by the United States Navy overshot the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Kaneohe, Hawaii. No one died.[262]
+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]
+November 23 – Riots broke out in Dublin, Ireland after a mass stabbing on Parnell Square East which injured 4 people.
+November 24 – Somalia is admitted as the eighth member of the East African Community, having applied for membership in 2012.[265]
+November 27 – After forming a coalition Government with the right-wing ACT and New Zealand First parties, Christopher Luxon is sworn in as the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand.[266] The new administration opposes policies promoting Māori culture and addressing inequity between Māori and non-Māori,[267][268][269] which leads to allegations of inflaming racial tensions.[270]
+November 30 – Brazil announces it will join OPEC+ at a meeting of the organization to discuss oil output strategy in 2024.[271] Brazil is the largest oil producer in South America, producing 4.6 million barrels per day of oil and gas.[272]
+December 3 – 2023 Guyana–Venezuela crisis: Venezuela votes in a symbolic referendum on whether voters agreed with creating a subdivision in the disputed territory of Guayana Esequiba currently under the control of neighboring Guyana. Analysts say the referendum's practical implications are likely to be minimal.[273]
+December 6 – Google DeepMind releases the Gemini Language Model. Gemini will act as a foundational model integrated into Google's existing tools, including Search and Bard.[274]
+December 10–12 – 2023 Egyptian presidential election: Incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi wins a third term with 89.6 percent of the vote in the election.[275][276]
+December 12 – At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, a consensus is reached for countries to "transition away" from fossil fuels, the first such agreement in the conference's 30-year history. The transition is specifically for energy systems, excluding plastics, transport or agriculture.[277][278]
+December 16 – Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at the age of 86 and is succeeded by his half-brother Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.[279]
+December 17 – The 2023 Serbian parliamentary election is held, with the SNS coalition, led by Miloš Vučević, winning 128 of 250 seats in the Serbian National Assembly.[280]
+December 18 – A number of shipping companies announce a temporary suspension of their operations in the Red Sea due to continued attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels.[281]
+December 20 – 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election: Incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi wins re-election, defeating two major challengers.[282]
+The European Court of Justice rules that threats by FIFA and UEFA to sanction football clubs that wish to join the European Super League are unlawful.[283]
+The deadliest mass shooting in the Czech Republic's history occurs at a Prague university, with 15 killed, including the perpetrator, and 25 others wounded.[284]
+December 22 – Israel–Hamas war: The death toll in Gaza is reported to have passed 20,000, almost 1% of its population and surpassing the casualties in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[285]
+Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia launches the largest wave of drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities since the start of the war in a overnight assault, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 160 others.[286][287] Ukraine launches a drone assault the following day, killing at least 21 people, including three children, and injuring 110 others, including 17 children.[288][289][290]
+A genocide case against Israel is brought towards the International Court of Justice by South Africa for Israel's invasion and subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip, and its role in the subsequent humanitarian crisis.[291][292]
+December 31 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announces her abdication effective January 14, 2024, after 52 years on the throne.[293]

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+The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved following the recapture of the Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijan.[26]
+A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan (Noto Peninsula), killing at least 504 people and injuring 1,389 others.[27][28] A further 5 are killed the next day when a Coast Guard aircraft carrying humanitarian aid was involved in a collision with a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet are evacuated safely.[29]
+Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so.[30]
+January 2 – 2023 Marshallese general election: The Legislature of the Marshall Islands elects Hilda Heine as President for a second non-consecutive term during its first session following the general election.[31]
+January 3 – 2024 Kerman bombings: An Islamic State double bombing kills 94 people during a memorial event commemorating the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran.[32] The bombing was carried out using two briefcase bombs placed at the entrance that were detonated remotely.[33]
+January 7 – 2024 Bangladeshi general election: The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, wins a 4th consecutive term amid protests by opposition parties and a large drop in voter turnout.[34][35]
+Said Abdullahi Deni is elected President of Puntland by the Puntland Parliament after three rounds in the 2024 Punttland presidential election.[36]
+2024 Ecuadorian conflict: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar from prison. The military was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime curfew.[37]
+January 9 – Two Polish MPs: former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his then-deputy Maciej Wasik, are arrested by police inside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw following a legal dispute over their conviction and pardon for abuse of power [pl].[38][39] On 23 January, President Andrzej Duda pardoned them for the second time, and the police released them from prison.[40]
+January 11 – Riots break out throughout Papua New Guinea after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers.[41]
+January 12 – Operation Prosperity Guardian: A U.S.-led coalition launches airstrikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' attacks on ships in the Red Sea.[42]
+January 13 – 2024 Taiwanese presidential election: Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party wins with 40% of the vote.[43]
+Margrethe II formally abdicates as Queen of Denmark on the 52nd anniversary of her accession, with her eldest son Frederik succeeding her as King Frederik X.[44]
+2024 Comorian presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, incumbent president Azali Assoumani wins re-election with 62.9% of the vote and only 16.3% voter turnout.[45][46]
+January 15 – Following a brief political crisis in the aftermath of the 2023 elections, Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as the 52nd President of Guatemala.[47][48]
+January 16 – Iran carries out a series of missile and drone strikes within Balochistan, Pakistan, claiming that it had targeted the Iranian Baloch militant group Jaish ul-Adl.[49]
+January 18 – Pakistan conducts retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province.[50]
+January 19 – Japan becomes the 5th country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission.[51][52]
+January 24 – 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash: A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying (according to Russia) 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 6 crew members, and 3 guards crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everyone on board.[53]
+Israel–Hamas war: The UN's International Court of Justice rules that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but stops short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.[54]
+2024 Tuvaluan general election: Kausea Natano, the incumbent Prime Minister of Tuvalu, loses reelection to Parliament.[55] A month later, Feleti Teo was elected prime minister.[56]
+January 31 – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.[57]
+February 2 – The US launches airstrikes on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.[58]
+President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82, and is succeeded by his vice-president Nangolo Mbumba.[59][60]
+2024 Salvadoran general election: Incumbent President Nayib Bukele wins the election with over 80% of the vote, becoming the first president to be reelected in El Salvador since 1944.[61][62]
+February 6 – Former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.[63]
+February 7 – 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, President Ilham Aliyev is reelected to a 5th term.[64]
+Alexander Stubb is elected in the closest presidential election in Finnish history on February 11.
+February 8 – 2024 Pakistani general election: Independent politicians, most of whom are members of the banned political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, win a plurality of seats in the National Assembly.[65]
+February 11 – 2024 Finnish presidential election: In the closest presidential election in Finnish history, Alexander Stubb is elected president in the second round.[66]
+February 14 – 2024 Indonesian general election: Prabowo Subianto wins the presidential election, and the Democratic Party of Struggle wins the most votes in the legislative election.[67]
+February 16 – Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, dies under mysterious circumstances at the age of 47.[68][69]
+February 22 – American company Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander becomes the first commercial vehicle to land on the Moon.[70]
+February 28 – 2024 Haitian jailbreak: A state of emergency is declared by the Haitian government after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.[71]
+February 29 – Israel–Hamas war: Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces open fire on a crowd of civilians in Gaza City, killing more than 100 people, as the Palestinian casualties of the war exceed 30,000.[72]
+March 7 – As the final Nordic country to join the alliance, Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member after Finland a year earlier.[73][74]
+March 10 – 2024 Portuguese legislative election: The Democratic Alliance wins a plurality of seats and forms a minority government amid losses by the incumbent Socialist Party and major gains by the right-wing Chega party.[75][76]
+March 11 – Haitian acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces his pending resignation from both offices amid an ongoing crisis marked by gang warfare in the country.[77]
+March 13 – The Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, is passed by the European Union.[78]
+March 14 – The United Nations estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the Israel–Hamas war were women and children.[79]
+March 15–17 – 2024 Russian presidential election: Incumbent Vladimir Putin is reelected for a fifth term.[80]
+March 22 – Islamic State-affiliated gunmen attack concertgoers at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551.[81]
+March 24 – 2024 Senegalese presidential election: Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected president after his party and its former candidate Ousmane Sonko were disqualified.[82]
+March 25 – The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.[83]
+March 26 – A container ship collides with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, causing a total collapse of the bridge and the deaths of six people.[84]
+Bulgaria and Romania become members of the Schengen Area through sea and air routes.[85]
+2024 Turkish local elections: CHP wins 37.8% of the vote, marking its first victory in a popular vote since 1977 and the first nationwide defeat for the AKP.[86]
+April 1 – Israel attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people.[87]
+April 3 – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20–30 cm (8–12 in) hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.[88]
+April 4 – 2024 Kuwaiti general election: Opposition candidates maintain a majority in the National Assembly.[89]
+April 5 – Ecuadorian police raid the Mexican embassy in Quito in order to arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum by Mexico. This action violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and Mexico and Nicaragua break off diplomatic relations with Ecuador.[90]
+The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 is visible across North America.
+Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest Taoiseach on April 9 after Leo Varadkar resigned
+April 6 – Peter Pellegrini is elected President of Slovakia in the second round of the 2024 Slovak presidential election.[91]
+April 8 – A total solar eclipse is visible across North America.[92]
+April 9 – After Leo Varadkar resigned, Fine Gael leader Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest Taoiseach after a Dáil vote of 88–69 and being appointed by President Michael D. Higgins.[93]
+April 10 – 2024 South Korean legislative election: The Democratic Party and Democratic Alliance wins 176 seats, while the People Power and People Future, to which President Yoon Suk Yeol belongs, wins only 108 seats.[94]
+April 13 – Iran launches retaliatory strikes against Israel after an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus earlier in the month.[95]
+April 16 – 2024 Persian Gulf floods: At least 32 people are killed when heavy rainfall strikes the Middle East, causing flash flooding. This caused many disruptions for Emirates Airlines at Dubai International Airport.[96]
+2024 Solomon Islands general election: Incumbent Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare's OUR Party wins a plurality of seats.[97]
+2024 Croatian parliamentary election: Incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković's Croatian Democratic Union coalition wins a plurality of seats.[98]
+April 19 – Israel conducts airstrikes against Iran, in response to Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel earlier on April 13.[99]
+April 25 – Following the resignation of Haiti's acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the Transitional Presidential Council takes power as the new head of state of Haiti.[100]
+Floods in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul cause dozens of deaths and leave thousands homeless.[101]
+50 people are killed, and 84 are reported missing, when a railway embankment fails near Mai Mahiu, Kenya, adding to the devastation caused by wider floods in Kenya and Tanzania which have caused the deaths of 488 people and the displacement of 503,000.[102]
+José Raúl Mulino wins the 2024 Panamanian general election on May 5
+April 30 – The G7 countries agree to phase out unabated coal power by 2030–2035.[103]
+The 2024 Indian general election, which began on April 19, concludes.[130] In the Lok Sabha, the BJP party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, retains its majority.[131]
+The 2024 Icelandic presidential election is held, with Halla Tómasdóttir elected president of Iceland.[132]
+June 1–29 – The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States, and is won by India.[133]
+June 2 – The 2024 Mexican general election is held, with Claudia Sheinbaum elected as president of Mexico.[134]
+June 5 – Starliner Crewed Flight Test launches atop an Atlas V rocket to the ISS.[135][136]
+June 6–9 – The 2024 European Parliament election is held. The EPP, of incumbent Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, retains its status as the largest group in parliament amid notable gains by far-right political groups.[137][138]
+2024 San Marino general election: The Democracy and Freedom alliance, headed by the PDCS, wins a plurality in the Grand and General Council.[139]
+2024 Belgian federal election: The New Flemish Alliance remains the largest party in the Chamber of Representatives while Open Vld, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, loses seats.[140]
+June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: Boyko Borisov's coalition GERB–SDS wins a plurality of seats but fails to form a stable government.[141]
+A plane crash on June 10 near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima
+June 10 – A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima.[142]
+June 12 – The United Nations' first inquiry into the October 7 attacks and resulting conflict finds that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes.[143][144]
+June 14 – 2024 South African general election: The ANC and other opposition parties agree to form a national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa.[145][146]
+June 14 – July 14 – UEFA Euro 2024 is held in Germany, and is won by Spain.[147]
+June 20 – July 14 – The 2024 Copa América is held in the United States, and is won by Argentina.[148]
+On the Grand Duke's Official Birthday, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg announces that his son and heir Guillaume will assume royal duties beginning in October, in preparation for Henri's eventual abdication.[149]
+Julian Assange was freed from prison on June 24
+2024 Hajj disaster: More than 1,300 people are reported to have died due to extreme heat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.[150]
+2024 Dagestan attacks: Two coordinated attacks occur in the cities of Makhachkala and Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan in southern Russia, injuring 46 and killing 28 people.[151]
+June 24 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the United Kingdom after being freed from prison in a plea deal with the United States. He returns to his native Australia two days later.[152]
+June 26 – A failed coup d'état attempt in La Paz, Bolivia is led by the former General Commander Juan José Zúñiga.[153]
+June 28 – 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election: The Mongolian People's Party wins a reduced majority of seats in the State Great Khural amid gains by the Democratic Party.[154]
+2024 Mauritanian presidential election: Incumbent president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins re-election to a second term.[155]
+2024 Borno State bombings: 30 people are killed and 100 are injured when three separate bomb blasts occur in the town of Gwoza in Borno State, Nigeria.[156]
+The Israel Defense Forces invade southern Lebanon, escalating its conflict against Hezbollah.[216]
+The Japanese parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister of Japan, with members from the Liberal Democratic Party forming the majority.[217][218] Following his appointment, he reveals his cabinet and calls for a snap election on October 27, securing a national mandate.[219]
+Iran attacks Israel with ballistic missiles as a response to Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and Ismail Haniyeh.[220]
+October 3–20 – The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is held in the United Arab Emirates, and is won by New Zealand.[221]
+The 2024 Kazakh nuclear power referendum is held and approved.[222]
+2024 Tunisian presidential election: Incumbent Kais Saied is reelected for a second term.[223]
+Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, was killed on October 16
+July 1 – Hurricane Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record after devastating the island of Carriacou, Grenada.[157]
+July 4 – 2024 United Kingdom general election: Sir Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory, returning the party to government for the first time in 14 years.[158]
+July 5 – 2024 Iranian presidential election: Masoud Pezeshkian is elected president of Iran.[159]
+July 7 – 2024 French legislative election: The left-wing New Popular Front wins the most seats in the National Assembly, upsetting a first-round victory by the far-right National Rally, but fails to achieve a majority.[160]
+July 9–11 – The 33rd NATO summit is held in Washington, D.C.[161]
+July 13 – While campaigning for the 2024 United States presidential election, former President Donald Trump is shot in the right ear in an assassination attempt at a rally he held near Butler, Pennsylvania.[162]
+July 15 – 2024 Rwandan general election: Incumbent Paul Kagame is reelected for a fourth term.[163]
+The Student–People's uprising breaks out in Bangladesh
+Global IT outages impact a variety of businesses and organisations across the world.[164]
+75 people are killed during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. The government of Bangladesh imposes a curfew.[165]
+July 21 – Incumbent United States President Joe Biden ends his candidacy in the 2024 United States presidential election.[166]
+July 22 – Landslides kill 257 people and bury two villages in Geze Gofa, Gofa Zuria, Ethiopia.[167]
+July 23 – China brokers a unity agreement between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to form a single government.[168]
+July 26 – August 11 – The 2024 Summer Olympics are held in Paris, France.[169] The controversial opening ceremony[170][171] and the boxing match of Luca Hámori and Imane Khelif spark international debate.[172][173]
+María Corina Machado and Edmundo González along with his wife, addressing supporters in Caracas following the 2024 presidential election results
+July 28 – 2024 Venezuelan presidential election: Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro declares victory against opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia amid alleged irregularities, causing numerous South American states to refuse to acknowledge the results or suspend diplomatic relations with the Maduro government and sparking nationwide protests.[174]
+At least 334 people are killed, over 200 injured, and 281 missing following landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala, India.[175][176]
+Israel carries out an airstrike in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, who it accused of ordering the Majdal Shams attack.[177][178]
+2024 United Kingdom riots: Far-right riots break out throughout the United Kingdom in response to a mass stabbing in Southport, England.[179][180]
+Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated at his residence in Tehran, Iran.[181]
+Moussa Dadis Camara, the former military ruler of Guinea, is found guilty of crimes against humanity in the massacres that occurred in 2009 and is sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Guinean court.[182]
+August 1 – 2024 American–Russian prisoner exchange: 26 individuals are released from Ankara Esenboğa Airport in the largest prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia since the Cold War.[183]
+August 5 – Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina announces her resignation and flees to India following nationwide protests.[184]
+August 6 – Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip, is appointed as the chairman of Hamas' political bureau.[185]
+August 7 – The Move Forward Party is dissolved and Pita Limjaroenrat, alongside other senior politicians from the party, are banned from politics by the Constitutional Court of Thailand.[186]
+August 8 – Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus assumes office as Chief Adviser of an interim government formed after Sheikh Hasina's resignation in Bangladesh.[187]
+August 9 – Voepass Flight 2283, an ATR 72, crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board.[188]
+
+Paetongtarn Shinawatra succeeds Srettha Thavisin as Prime Minister of Thailand after the latter's dismissal by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on August 14
+August 11 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the Ukrainian military is conducting a cross-border offensive inside Russia's western Kursk Oblast. Russia says that 76,000 people have been evacuated from the region.[189]
+August 14
+The World Health Organization (WHO) declares mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in two years, following the spread of the virus in African countries.[190]
+The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses the Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet who had a prison sentence.[191] Paetongtarn Shinawatra succeeds him as Prime Minister of Thailand.[192]
+August 17 – Indonesia's 79th Independence Day celebration is held in Nusantara. The celebration is supposed to inaugurate Nusantara as the new capital of Indonesia, but this does not occur due to delays.[193]
+August 23 – In Solingen, Germany, a Syrian immigrant stabs three people to death, which leads to the intensification of the debate on migration in Germany.[194]
+August 24 – In Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, 600 civilians are victims of a massacre by Islamists associated with Al-Qaeda.[195]
+August 25 – The Israel Defense Forces begin a series of preemptive strikes against targets in the south of Lebanon.[196]
+August 28 – September 8 – The 2024 Summer Paralympics are held in Paris, France.[197]
+August 31 – A helicopter crashed in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, killing all 22 occupants on board.[198]
+September 2 – The Brazilian Supreme Court upholds a decision to block the social media platform X (also known as Twitter) over what the Brazilian government determined to be rampant disinformation and Elon Musk's failure to name a legal representative to the country.[199]
+September 7 – 2024 Algerian presidential election: Incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune is reelected for a second term.[200]
+
+Weather in Central Europe on 12 September, right before floods
+September 12
+Heavy rainfall in Central Europe triggers the worst flooding in the region since 2010.[201][202]
+The first commercial spacewalk is conducted by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as part of the Polaris Dawn mission, which also includes the highest altitude orbit by a human crew since the Apollo program.[203]
+September 15 – Ryan Wesley Routh is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida. Ryan is later captured and arrested, and a trial date has been set for 2025.[204]
+September 17–18 – Thirty-two people are killed and more than 3,200 are injured after pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah militants and medics explode in two massive cyberattacks. Israel is the presumed perpetrator.[205]
+September 20 – Israel assassinates Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil and ten other senior leaders in Beirut following an intensification of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of the pager explosions that occurred earlier in the week.[206]
+September 21 – 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election: Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected President of Sri Lanka, with a second round of vote counting held for the first time in Sri Lanka's history.[207]
+
+Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States on September 26
+September 23 – The deadliest day of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict since 2006 occurs, with 569 people killed and 1,835 wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.[208]
+September 26 – Hurricane Helene, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Maria in 2017, makes landfall in Florida as a category four hurricane. It has a death toll of 236 and leaves more than 685 missing.[209]
+September 27 – The Israeli Air Force bombs the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, killing several people, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.[210][211]
+September 29 – 2024 Austrian legislative election: Far-right Freedom Party secures a historical victory, but does not reach a majority in the National Council. The results are deemed the first far-right win since World War II.[212][213]
+September 30 – The UK becomes the first G7 country to phase out coal power for electric generation, after 142 years of using the energy source.[214][215]
+October 7 – Hurricane Milton becomes the fifth most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, and the second most intense storm in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton is also the first hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years.[224]
+October 9 – 2024 Mozambican general election: Daniel Chapo is elected president while the ruling FRELIMO party retains a majority in the Assembly of the Republic.[225]
+October 12 – The long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), described as the "comet of the century", makes its closest approach to Earth.[226]
+October 13 – SpaceX achieves the first successful return and capture of a Super Heavy booster from Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly.[227][228]
+October 14 – The Europa Clipper spacecraft is launched to investigate Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.[229]
+October 16 – Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, is killed in a gunfight with Israeli forces in Rafah.[230]
+The 2024 Moldovan European Union membership referendum is held and narrowly approved.[231]
+Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the president and vice president of Indonesia. [232]
+Duma Boko won the 2024 Botswana general election on October 30
+October 21 – The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Lương Cường as the new president of Vietnam. He replaced Tô Lâm, who was formally appointed as the general secretary of the Communist Party.[233]
+October 24 – The first case of the 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[234]
+October 26 – 2024 Georgian parliamentary election: Amid suspicions of interference, ruling pro-Russian party Georgian Dream wins a majority.[235]
+2024 Japanese general election: The governing LDP loses its parliamentary majority for the first time since 2009, but still wins the most seats. The CDP wins its best result in party history.[236]
+October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: Boyko Borsiov's coalition GERB-SDS successfully forms a government after 6 snap elections.[237]
+2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election: The leftist opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania wins a majority.[238]
+2024 Botswana general election: The ruling BDP party is voted out of power, ending 58 years of uninterrupted governance.[16] Duma Boko of the UDC party is elected President of Botswana.[239]
+2024 Spanish floods: Spain experiences its worst flooding in half a century, with over 200 killed and many more missing, as a year's worth of rain falls in eight hours.[240][241]
+December 1 – 2024 Romanian parliamentary election: The incumbent National Coalition for Romania wins a plurality of votes, with far-right parties making substantial gains.[265]
+Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-shik signing the article of impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol following the South Korean martial law crisis on December 3
+December 3 – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law during a late-night address broadcast live on YTN television, accusing the country's main opposition Democratic Party of sympathizing with North Korea and engaging in anti-state activities.[266]
+2024 French political crisis: Michel Barnier becomes the first prime minister of France to lose a motion of no-confidence since Georges Pompidou in 1962.[267]
+Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, is shot and killed by a lone gunman in Midtown Manhattan, sparking debate and criticism of the health insurance industry in the United States.[268]
+December 6 – 2024 Romanian presidential election: The Constitutional Court of Romania annuls the results of the first round, amid accusations of Russian interference after the unexpected advancement of pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu to the runoff.[269][270]
+2024 Ghanaian general election: John Mahama of the NDC is elected president for a second non-consecutive term.[271]
+The Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens to the public after previously being damaged by a structural fire in 2019.[272]
+President of Syria Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown as rebel forces captured the capital Damascus on December 8.
+December 8 – Syrian civil war: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flees from Damascus to Moscow after being overthrown, ending his presidency and the Ba'athist Syria regime after a total of 61 years. The Syrian opposition forms the Syrian transitional government as a provisional government.[273]
+December 11 – FIFA announces that Morocco, Portugal and Spain will jointly host the 2030 World Cup, with anniversary matches to be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, while Saudi Arabia is confirmed as the host for 2034.[274]
+December 12 – Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju defeats former world champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship, breaking the previous age record of 22 set by Garry Kasparov by becoming champion at 18 years, 195 days old.[275]
+2024 Georgian presidential election: Mikheil Kavelashvili of People's Power is elected unopposed.[276]
+South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's powers and duties are suspended after MPs vote to impeach him, following his martial law declaration the previous week.[277]
+Cyclone Chido makes landfall in Mayotte, causing at least 172 deaths and bringing devastating damage to the island.[278]
+December 17 – The capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila, suffers extensive damage after a Mw 7.3 earthquake. At least 16 people are killed.[279]
+The Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán has granted political asylum to Polish MP of Law and Justice Marcin Romanowski, who is wanted on the European Arrest Warrant for being accused of defrauding 100 million zł from the Fundusz Sprawiedliwości [pl] (Justice Fund) when he was deputy minister of justice during the PiS government.[280][281]
+Mazan rapes trial: The Judicial Court in Avignon, France, finds Dominique Pelicot guilty of the aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and imposes the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The 50 other defendants in the case are also convicted of crimes ranging from attempted rape to aggravated rape, and receive prison sentences ranging from three to 15 years.[282]
+December 20 – Six people are killed, while another 235 are injured, after a car is driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.[283]
+Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes near Aktau International Airport, Kazakhstan, on December 25
+December 21 – Thirty-nine people die and another seven are injured after a multiple-vehicle collision occurs on the BR-116 highway in Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is the deadliest traffic accident on federal highways in Brazil since 2007, when numbers were first monitored.[284]
+The 2025 Jubilee in the Catholic Church begins.[285]
+The Parker Solar Probe breaks the previous record set in 2018 for the closest artificial object to the Sun by 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles), becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and "touch" the Sun.[286]
+December 25 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR, crashes in Kazakhstan. Twenty-nine out of the 67 on board survive the crash.[287][288]
+Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes at Muan International Airport, South Korea on December 29
+December 27 – Acting President of South Korea Han Duck-soo is impeached by MPs for failing to promulgate two bills related to president Yoon's legal proceedings. He is succeeded by deputy prime minister Choi Sang-mok.[289]
+Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800 passenger flight from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, veers off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashes into a barrier, killing 179 people. Two injured survivors are reported.[290][291]
+A truck carrying passengers falls off a bridge over the Ganale Doria River in Bona Zuria, Sidama Region, Ethiopia, killing 71 people and injuring 4 others.[292]
+November 3 – 2024 Moldovan presidential election: Incumbent Maia Sandu is re-elected for a second term.[242]
+2024 United States presidential election: Donald Trump, with his running mate JD Vance, is elected for a second non-consecutive term, the first candidate to do so since Grover Cleveland in 1892,[243] and only the second in American history.
+2024 Palauan general election: Incumbent Surangel Whipps Jr. is reelected for a second term as president.[244]
+German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismisses FDP leader Christian Lindner from his position as finance minister, leading to two other FDP ministers resigning and the collapse of the governing coalition.[245]
+November 9 – A suicide bombing at the Quetta railway station in Balochistan, Pakistan kills at least 26 people. The bombing was orchestrated by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and is the first time that the organization had attacked the center of Quetta.[246]
+November 10 – 2024 Mauritian general election: The electoral alliance Lepep of incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is defeated by that of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, with the latter taking all but two seats.[247]
+COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11–22
+November 11–22 – COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[248]
+November 12 – Justin Welby announces his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury following the publication of a report critical of his handling of the abuse of children within the Church of England by John Smyth.[249]
+November 13 – 2024 Somaliland presidential election: Opposition candidate Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the Waddani party is elected president.[250]
+November 14 – 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power coalition wins a supermajority in the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka.[251]
+November 15 – The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Is rediscovered in the Elba Protected Area of Southeast Egypt, 5,000 years after the species was believed to have been extirpated from the region.[252]
+French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in Algiers on November 16.
+The 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum is held and approved.[253]
+French-Algerian dissident writer Boualem Sansal is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in Algiers.[254]
+November 17 – 2024 Senegalese parliamentary election: President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party PASTEF wins an absolute majority at the National Assembly.[255]
+The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif on accusations of war crimes committed during the Israel–Hamas War.[256]
+Terrorists in Peshawar, Pakistan, ambush a group of vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims, killing 46 and injuring 20.[257]
+Researchers using the Very Large Telescope announce the first-ever "close-up" image of a star outside the Milky Way Galaxy, WOH G64.[258]
+Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is elected as the first female president of Namibia on November 27.
+November 24 – 2024 Uruguayan general election: Leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi is elected president.[259]
+November 26 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that a ceasefire deal has been agreed to end fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.[260]
+November 27 – 2024 Namibian general election: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the SWAPO party is elected as the first female president of Namibia.[261]
+November 29 – 2024 Irish general election: Centre-right party Fianna Fáil remains the largest party in Dáil Éireann, increasing its number of seats to 48.[262]
+2024 Icelandic parliamentary election: Opposition party Social Democratic Alliance wins 15 seats in the Althing, with the incumbent Independence Party winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved a majority.[263]
+Syrian civil war: Opposition forces seize control of most of Aleppo, Syria, prompting the first Russian airstrikes on the city since 2016.[264]
+The Israel Defense Forces invade southern Lebanon, escalating its conflict against Hezbollah.[216]
+The Japanese parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister of Japan, with members from the Liberal Democratic Party forming the majority.[217][218] Following his appointment, he reveals his cabinet and calls for a snap election on October 27, securing a national mandate.[219]
+Iran attacks Israel with ballistic missiles as a response to Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and Ismail Haniyeh.[220]
+October 3–20 – The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is held in the United Arab Emirates, and is won by New Zealand.[221]
+The 2024 Kazakh nuclear power referendum is held and approved.[222]
+2024 Tunisian presidential election: Incumbent Kais Saied is reelected for a second term.[223]
+Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, was killed on October 16
+October 7 – Hurricane Milton becomes the fifth most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, and the second most intense storm in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton is also the first hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years.[224]
+October 9 – 2024 Mozambican general election: Daniel Chapo is elected president while the ruling FRELIMO party retains a majority in the Assembly of the Republic.[225]
+October 12 – The long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), described as the "comet of the century", makes its closest approach to Earth.[226]
+October 13 – SpaceX achieves the first successful return and capture of a Super Heavy booster from Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly.[227][228]
+October 14 – The Europa Clipper spacecraft is launched to investigate Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.[229]
+October 16 – Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, is killed in a gunfight with Israeli forces in Rafah.[230]
+The 2024 Moldovan European Union membership referendum is held and narrowly approved.[231]
+Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the president and vice president of Indonesia. [232]
+Duma Boko won the 2024 Botswana general election on October 30
+October 21 – The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Lương Cường as the new president of Vietnam. He replaced Tô Lâm, who was formally appointed as the general secretary of the Communist Party.[233]
+October 24 – The first case of the 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[234]
+October 26 – 2024 Georgian parliamentary election: Amid suspicions of interference, ruling pro-Russian party Georgian Dream wins a majority.[235]
+2024 Japanese general election: The governing LDP loses its parliamentary majority for the first time since 2009, but still wins the most seats. The CDP wins its best result in party history.[236]
+October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: Boyko Borsiov's coalition GERB-SDS successfully forms a government after 6 snap elections.[237]
+2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election: The leftist opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania wins a majority.[238]
+2024 Botswana general election: The ruling BDP party is voted out of power, ending 58 years of uninterrupted governance.[16] Duma Boko of the UDC party is elected President of Botswana.[239]
+2024 Spanish floods: Spain experiences its worst flooding in half a century, with over 200 killed and many more missing, as a year's worth of rain falls in eight hours.[240][241]
+September 2 – The Brazilian Supreme Court upholds a decision to block the social media platform X (also known as Twitter) over what the Brazilian government determined to be rampant disinformation and Elon Musk's failure to name a legal representative to the country.[199]
+September 7 – 2024 Algerian presidential election: Incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune is reelected for a second term.[200]
+Weather in Central Europe on 12 September, right before floods
+Heavy rainfall in Central Europe triggers the worst flooding in the region since 2010.[201][202]
+The first commercial spacewalk is conducted by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as part of the Polaris Dawn mission, which also includes the highest altitude orbit by a human crew since the Apollo program.[203]
+September 15 – Ryan Wesley Routh is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida. Ryan is later captured and arrested, and a trial date has been set for 2025.[204]
+September 17–18 – Thirty-two people are killed and more than 3,200 are injured after pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah militants and medics explode in two massive cyberattacks. Israel is the presumed perpetrator.[205]
+September 20 – Israel assassinates Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil and ten other senior leaders in Beirut following an intensification of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of the pager explosions that occurred earlier in the week.[206]
+September 21 – 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election: Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected President of Sri Lanka, with a second round of vote counting held for the first time in Sri Lanka's history.[207]
+Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States on September 26
+September 23 – The deadliest day of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict since 2006 occurs, with 569 people killed and 1,835 wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.[208]
+September 26 – Hurricane Helene, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Maria in 2017, makes landfall in Florida as a category four hurricane. It has a death toll of 236 and leaves more than 685 missing.[209]
+September 27 – The Israeli Air Force bombs the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, killing several people, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.[210][211]
+September 29 – 2024 Austrian legislative election: Far-right Freedom Party secures a historical victory, but does not reach a majority in the National Council. The results are deemed the first far-right win since World War II.[212][213]
+September 30 – The UK becomes the first G7 country to phase out coal power for electric generation, after 142 years of using the energy source.[214][215]