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Events in June 2023 18
1931 – 2023Daniel Ellsberg (1931-2023)Died 16 June 2023, aged 92American analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, exposing the government's private assessment of the Vietnam War.
1933 – 2023Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023)Died 13 June 2023, aged 89American novelist of Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses and The Road, whose austere prose made him one of the great American writers.
1934 – 2023Alan Arkin (1934-2023)Died 29 June 2023, aged 89American actor of Catch-22 and Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Academy Award.
1936 – 2023Glenda Jackson (1936-2023)Died 15 June 2023, aged 87British actress who won two Academy Awards, left acting for twenty-three years as a Labour MP, and then returned to the stage in her eighties.
1936 – 2023Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023)Died 12 June 2023, aged 86Italian media tycoon and four-time prime minister who dominated his country's politics and television for three decades.
1940 – 2023Astrud Gilberto (1940-2023)Died 5 June 2023, aged 83Brazilian singer whose vocal on The Girl from Ipanema carried bossa nova around the world.
1951 – 2023Treat Williams (1951-2023)Died 12 June 2023, aged 71American actor known for Hair, Prince of the City and the series Everwood.
2023Meeting with Xi Jinping at 100At the age of 100, travelled to Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, demonstrating his continued influence in US-China relations half a century after his original opening.
2023UBS & Credit Suisse MergerFinancial StabilityThe emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS to prevent a global banking crisis.
2023French Open 2023Men: Novak Djokovic · Women: Iga ŚwiątekDjokovic's 3rd Roland Garros at age 36 — the oldest French Open champion in the Open Era.
2023Sells majority stake in Charlotte HornetsJordan agrees to sell his majority ownership of the Charlotte Hornets, retaining a minority interest.
2023Foo Fighters release But Here We AreGrief albumAn album about the loss of Hawkins and Grohl's mother.
2023Apple announces the Vision Pro headsetA first new product category since the Apple WatchApple announced the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset on 5 June 2023, its first new product category since the Apple Watch in 2015.
2023Titan Submersible ImplosionFive die visiting the Titanic wreckThe Titan, a privately operated submersible carrying five people to view the wreck of the Titanic, imploded during its descent in the North Atlantic. All five occupants, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, were killed instantly. Investigations revealed that the vessel had not been independently certified and that experts had repeatedly warned about its safety.
2023Titan submersible implodes on a dive to the TitanicFive killed after a four-day searchThe submersible Titan imploded on 18 June 2023 during a descent to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five aboard including OceanGate's chief executive. A four-day international search gripped global attention before debris was found.
2023Wagner Group MutinyPrigozhin marches on MoscowYevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Russian private military company Wagner Group, launched an armed mutiny against Russia's military leadership, seizing the city of Rostov-on-Don and marching his forces toward Moscow. The rebellion was called off after negotiations brokered by Belarus, but it exposed cracks in Vladimir Putin's power. Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash two months later.
2023Wagner Group mutinies and marches on MoscowAn armed rebellion halted 200km from the capitalWagner Group forces under Yevgeny Prigozhin seized Rostov-on-Don and advanced towards Moscow on 23 June 2023 in the gravest challenge to Vladimir Putin's rule. The march was called off the next day under a deal brokered by Belarus.
2023Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Season 2The second season continues the anthology approach while deepening character arcs. Includes a full musical episode ("Subspace Rhapsody") and a crossover with Lower Decks. Even more critically acclaimed than the first season.