2023 Current Affairs

January

1 - Store vandalised - shed door & emergency shower
3 - Virgin Islands AG sacked after Biden visit/holiday. Damar Hamlin heart attack after getting tackled.
4 - Commotio Cordis. 20ms window.
5 - Kevin McCarthy struggling to get in as speaker of the House
8 - McCarthy elected House Speaker after 15 rounds. Twitter files ongoing
9 - Damar Hamlin released from hospital. Biden classified docs at home
11 - Cardinal George Pell passes away at 81
12 - Diamond passes away
13 - Piaget - assimilation & accommodation
14 - BoJ bought $150B of govt bonds in 3 weeks
16 - Douglas Murray on media trust
18 - Greta staged arrest at Davos
19 - Crowder vs DW spat. Jacinda Ardern resigns as NZ PM
20 - Alec Baldwin charged with manslaughter
22 - Genesis filed for bankruptcy
23 - Elon Musk has covid vax side effects
26 - Trump allowed back onto FB/Insta
28 - Chinese spy balloon spotted over Montana
29 - Djokovic wins 10th Aus open, 22nd grand slam

February

1 - Thai princess collapsed after covid booster
2 - Fed raises rates by 25bps
3 - Missing radioactive capsule found in the Pilbara
4 - Chinese balloon shot down
6 - 7.8M earthquake in Turkey
9 - UFO shot down over Alaska/Canada
10 - Aus killed in 1st India test
12 - East Palestine train derailment. Epstein list to be revealed
20 - Don Lemon on Nikki Haley
21 - James O'Keefe booted from PV
22 - Biden visits Ukraine instead of East Palestine, Trump visits

March

5 - Blackrock/Vanguard sell stake in Credit Suisse
8 - Silvergate collapses
10 - Silicon Valley bank collapses
12 - Fed/FDIC to backstop depositors. Regulators seized Signature bank
15 - Credit Suisse shares tumble 25%
16 - QE5 quietly started. First Republic Bank given lifelines
19 - New YouTube CEO. Verstappen comes 2nd from 15th
20 - UBS buys Credit Suisse. BBB party wins Dutch regional elections
21 - Trump to be indicted. Protesting in France
22 - Macron survives no-confidence vote
24 - 10.4% inflation in UK
31 - Trump indicted

April

1 - Scotty's bux
3 - RBA pauses rate hikes at 3.6%. NZ raises to 5.25%
4 - Budweiser deal with Dylan Mulvaney
5 - Trump arrested. Dutton says No to constitutional voice
7 - Porter Davies construction collapses
10 - ChatGPT 4 released. China back for barley?
11 - Pentagon leaks
12 - Riley Gaines attacked at uni. Bud light boycott
13 - Elon Musk BBC interview
14 - Swiss stop covid jab. AstraZeneca stopped in Australia
16 - Gold Mafia episode 4. Gold approaching ATHs

May

1 - First Republic Bank collapsed
4 - Gold hits ATH $2085. PacWest Bancorp shaky. Fed hikes 25bps. RBA hiked 25bps. Drone hits Kremlin
11 - Trump on CNN
21 - Vlogger Green brother diagnosed with cancer
22 - WA Cultural Heritage Act coming July 2023
23 - Victoria state debt budget from hell $31.5B
27 - Philip Schofield scandal
29 - McGowen to resign
30 - More Epstein chatter
31 - 30mm rain!

June

2 - US debt ceiling raised
4 - Elon fires censorship staff
5 - 1T of T-bills hit markets
6 - Ukraine dam-wall destroyed
7 - LIV golf merges with PGA. CNN CEO gone. Tucker 1st Ep on Twitter 40M views
8 - Mel Gibson trafficking docuseries
9 - Canadian bush fires choking NYC
10 - Brittney Higgins saga
11 - Biden took $5M bribe. Trump indicted again
14 - SEC going for crypto/Binance
16 - Trump trial in 8 weeks
17 - Hunter Biden plea deal
18 - Aussies win Test Championship
20 - Aussies win first Ashes test
21 - Missing submarine, passengers spent $500k
22 - Adam Schiff censured
27 - Wagner coup in Russia
28 - Rogan offers Hotez money to debate JFK Jnr

July

2 - Aussies win Lords test
3 - Articles of Biden impeachment
5 - Sound of Freedom released
6 - Cocaine found at White House
7 - Viral vaccine paper - batch dependent
9 - England win 3rd test
10 - BRICS gold standard announcement
11 - Mark Rutte resigned
12 - Daniel Riccardo replaces Nick de Vrees
13 - Tucker dominates Blaze TV Summit
15 - Michelle Bullock becomes RBA governor
19 - Meta releases Threads
24 - Musk rebrands Twitter to X
26 - Obamas private chef drowned
27 - Hunter Biden plea deal struck down
28 - Mitch McConnell freezes mid press conference
29 - JFK Jnr refused secret service

August

2 - Obama gay theories
3 - Tucker interviews business partner re Joe Biden
4 - ACH scrapped
6 - 5.6 mag earthquake near Gnowangerup
8 - US dollar loses AAA rating
9 - Cook confirms ACH scrapped
10 - Maui wildfire
11 - Rich Men North of Richmond song
12 - Chinese deflation -14% exports
17 - Left Perth: Reid wedding
25 - Trump indicted again. Trump mug shot
31 - Arrived in BYO

September

4 - Alan Joyce resigns Qantas
6 - Starlink Optus + Telstra
9 - France beat NZ in World Cup
14 - Jacinta Price shutdown at press club
16 - Musk rejects Ukrainian Starlink request
25 - Trudeau invites Nazi to parliament
26 - Dan Andrews resigns
30 - UK to send troops to Ukraine

October

2 - Russell Brand cancelled
4 - Ana Kasperian red-pilled
5 - US Congress vacates Speaker
7 - Kulin bush races
8 - Israel declares war vs Hamas
14 - The voice gets defeated
18 - Flew to Paris
21 - SA beat Eng 16-15
22 - House installs Johnson
26 - SA beat NZ 12-11
30 - Ice hockey player dies - skate to throat

November

6 - Elon releases Grok AI
7 - RBA raises rates again
8 - Aus beat Afghans at CWC 293/7 (Maxwell 201*)
9 - Optus outage. Citizens Bank collapses
10 - Crowder exposes Nashville shooter manifesto
19 - Aussies win CWC
20 - Argentine Trump (Milei)
23 - Geert Wilders = Dutch PM
24 - Pizzagate confirmed
25 - Irish riots about immigration
26 - OpenAI saga - Altman fired/rehired
28 - Charlie Munger passes away 99yo
29 - Henry Kissinger dies 100yo
30 - NZ whistleblower: 1 in 1000 dead post vax

December

1 - Highest monthly close for Gold
2 - Q* Open AI. Gold hits ATH $2072
3 - Self operating computer. AI influencer on OnlyFans
5 - NZ whistleblower arrested
7 - Speaker McCarthy resigns
14 - Epstein list to be unsealed. Congress = open sewer
15 - Democrat staffers make porno in Senate hearing room
20 - Colorado Supreme Court rules to kick Trump off ballot