At A Glance

23 July 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
23 July 2023 was a Sunday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Sprinter” by Dave and Central Cee.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2023
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2023 was the Ford Ranger.
Star sign
The star sign for 23 July is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 July 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 July 2023 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 23 July

  • 1999 Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
  • 2001 Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
  • 2010 The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.
  • 2012 The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.
  • 2015 NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.

Famous people born on 23 July

  • Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist (born 1961)
  • Daniel Radcliffe, English actor (born 1989)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (1967–2014)
  • Kathryn Hahn, American actress (born 1973)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2023 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 6 February – A Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and serving as a firefighting air tanker crashes in the Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia.
  • 25 March – New South Wales State election elected the 58th Parliament. Chris Minns won after 12 years in opposition for Labor.
  • 13 April – Cyclone Ilsa crosses the Western Australia coast between Port Hedland and Bidyadanga as a category 5 system just before midnight local time.

Life in Australia in 2023

Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese

Monarch

King Charles III

Petrol (per litre)

$1.80

Loaf of Bread

$4.30

Average House

$770,000

Weekly Wage

$1,900.00

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