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1927 – 2023Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023)Italian actress, one of the great European stars of the 1950s and 1960s, and later a photojournalist and sculptor.
1931 – 2023Fay Weldon (1931-2023)Died 4 January 2023, aged 91English novelist and screenwriter whose satirical fiction, including The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, dissected the lives of women.
1941 – 2023David Crosby (1941-2023)Died 18 January 2023, aged 81American singer and songwriter, founder member of the Byrds and of Crosby, Stills & Nash.
1944 – 2023Jeff Beck (1944-2023)Died 10 January 2023, aged 78British guitarist of the Yardbirds and a solo career of restless invention, widely held to be among the finest ever to play the instrument.
1949 – 2023Tom Verlaine (1949-2023)Died 28 January 2023, aged 73American guitarist and songwriter who led Television, whose Marquee Moon shaped New York punk and everything after it.
1964 – 2023Gianluca Vialli (1964-2023)Died 6 January 2023, aged 58Italian striker for Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea who won the European Cup as a player and the FA Cup as a manager.
1966 – 2023Tatjana PatitzGerman SupermodelGerman supermodel who was one of the original supermodels of the late 1980s and early 1990s. She appeared on the cover of over 200 magazines and was featured in George Michael's iconic Freedom! '90 music video alongside Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington. Known for her natural beauty and understated elegance, she later became an advocate for animal rights.
1968 – 2023Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023)Died 12 January 2023, aged 54American singer-songwriter and the only child of Elvis Presley.
2021 – 2023Dichter des VaderlandsPoet Laureate of the NetherlandsFrom January 2021 to January 2023 Marsman serves as Dichter des Vaderlands, succeeding Tsead Bruinja and followed by Babs Gons. She made complex themes accessible to a strikingly young audience.
2023Australian Open 2023Men: Novak Djokovic · Women: Aryna SabalenkaDjokovic's 10th Australian Open — the most by any player.
2023John Fogerty regains control of his Creedence songsPublishing rightsAfter five decades he acquires a majority stake in his CCR publishing.
20232023: Max VerstappenRed BullVerstappen set a new record with 19 wins from 22 races in the most dominant season in F1 history, winning his third consecutive title.
2023AI race begins in earnestGoogle, Microsoft and others race for AIFollowing the success of ChatGPT, 2023 saw an unprecedented AI race with Microsoft investing $10 billion in OpenAI, Google launching Bard, and Meta releasing Llama. AI became the dominant technology theme.
2023Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen areaTwo accessions on the same dayCroatia adopted the euro and joined the Schengen free-travel area on 1 January 2023, becoming the twentieth member of the eurozone.
2023Rockstar Album and Continued WorkReleased new exhibitions at David Zwirner Gallery in New York. Publicly apologised for racist comments against Black people found in her earlier writings. Despite her advanced age, she continued painting daily at her studio across the street from the hospital.
2023Sleep and Killing RomanceIn his final year, starred in two contrasting films: the horror film Sleep and the comedy Killing Romance.
2023Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm Brazil's institutionsCongress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court attackedThousands of supporters of the defeated president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court in Brasilia on 8 January 2023, a week after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office.
2023Tatjana Patitz dies in CaliforniaDied at her home in California at the age of 56, from metastatic breast cancer.
2023Yeti Airlines flight crashes at PokharaSeventy-two killed in Nepal's deadliest crash in three decadesA Yeti Airlines ATR 72 crashed on approach to Pokhara on 15 January 2023, killing all 72 people on board.
2023Gina Lollobrigida dies in RomeGina Lollobrigida dies aged 95.
2023Crosby, Stills & Nash's David Crosby diesAged 81Dies in California.
2023ChatGPT reaches 100 million usersThe fastest-growing consumer application on recordBy the end of January 2023 ChatGPT had reached an estimated 100 million monthly users, two months after launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer application then recorded.