A Look Back At

Born in 2023

What Was Life Like in 2023?

Who Was in Charge?

President

Joe Biden

What Things Cost

Gas (per gallon)

$3.53

Loaf of Bread

$2.96

Average House

$412,300

Weekly Wage

$1,108

Events of 2023 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 12 – The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once lead the nominations with eleven. The film wins seven of those awards, including Best Picture.
  • April 20 – Elon Musk's SpaceX launches its first test flight of Starship. The device explodes shortly after launch.
  • July 5 – Meta Platforms launches Threads as a direct competitor to Twitter.
  • July 21 – Warner Bros.' Barbie and Universal's Oppenheimer are both released, causing the Barbenheimer cultural phenomenon, which encouraged moviegoers to see both films as a double feature. The two movies end up being the highest and third highest grossing movies of the year, respectively.
  • October 9 – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin orders the deployment of a carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to the Eastern Mediterranean in response to October 7 attacks.
  • November 4 – 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States – The National March on Washington: Free Palestine takes place at the National Mall and attracts between 100,000 to 300,000 participants with the goal of reaching a ceasefire in Gaza amid the ongoing war.
  • November 30 – Elon Musk holds an event in Texas to kick off distribution of the Tesla Cybertruck.
  • December 8 – Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour becomes the first tour to gross over one billion dollars, making it the highest-grossing tour and Swift the first artist to reach the one billion mark.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Barbie Movie Dolls
  • Hot Wheels Monster Trucks
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