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2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 - Books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain.[citation needed]
- January 15 – April 15 – Expo 2023 is scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]
- April 20 – A hybrid solar eclipse will be visible from Indonesia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea, and will be the 52nd solar eclipse of Solar Saros 129.[citation needed]
- May 5 – A penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and following morning in Africa, Asia, and Australia. It will be the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.[citation needed]
- August 25 – September 10 – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup is scheduled to occur in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.[citation needed]
- September 8 – October 21 – 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to occur in France.[citation needed]
- October 14 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible in the Western U.S., Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. It will be the 44th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.[citation needed]
- October 28 – A partial lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and the next morning over Europe and most of Africa and Asia. It will be the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.[citation needed]
Date unknown
- OSIRIS-REx is expected to return with samples from the Asteroid Bennu of the Apollo group.[2]
- Kanal İstanbul is expected to be completed.[citation needed]
- London's new £4.1 billion "super sewer" will be finished, upgrading the existing Victorian infrastructure.[3]
- The Compact of Free Association with the US for Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires.[citation needed]
- According to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, if the countries of the EU do not accept Turkey as a member before 2023, Turkey would no longer be a candidate to the union.[citation needed]
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.[4]
- Sweden is likely to become a cashless society, according to a prediction by then deputy governor Cecilia Skingsley of Riksbank.[5]
- The dearMoon project is planned to be launched on a SpaceX Starship and orbit the Moon. This will be the first manned orbital mission to the moon since 1972.[citation needed]
In fiction
References
- ^ "Argentina elected host country of Specialised Expo 2023". Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ "OSIRIS-REx Factsheet" (PDF). NASA/Explorers and Heliophysics Projects Division. August 2011.
- ^ "Better roads, rail travel and new river crossings in spending boost for London | Politics | News | London Evening Standard". London Evening Standard. November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ "Home Page". European Spallation Source. August 11, 2015.
- ^ "Riksbank predicts Sweden will be 'cashless' within five years". Reuters. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.