Chase's Calendar of Events 2023: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months

by Editors of Chase's

Overview

Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe!

The world’s date book since 1957, Chase's is the definitive, authoritative, day-by-day resource of what the world is celebrating.

From national days to celebrity birthdays, from historical milestones to astronomical phenomena, from award ceremonies and sporting events to religious festivals and carnivals, Chase's is the must-have reference used by experts and professionals—a one-stop shop with 12,500 entries for everything that is happening now or is worth remembering from the past.

Completely updated for 2023, Chase's also features extensive appendices as well as a companion website that puts the power of Chase's at the user's fingertips.

2023 is packed with special events and observances, including

• National days and public holidays of every nation on Earth
• Scores of new special days, weeks and months
• Famous birthdays of new world leaders, lauded authors and breakout celebrities
• Info on milestone anniversaries, such as the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, the 125th anniversary of the Curies' discovery of radium, the 100th birth anniversary of Hank Williams, the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, the 50th anniversary of Skylab
• Information on such special sporting events as the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany
• And much more!

All from the reference book that Publishers Weekly calls "one of the most impressive reference volumes in the world."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636710686
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/03/2022
Edition description:	66th Edition
Pages:	752
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Chase's Calendar of Events is produced by an in-house team of editors and researchers based in Chicago, IL. Chase's was first published on December 4, 1957, by brothers William and Harrison Chase.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Spotlight on 2023 Anniversaries and Events 9

Spotlight on the Past: 1923, 1948, 1973, 1998 9

Spotlight on World and American Anniversaries

Shakespeare's First Folio Published (400 years), 300th Birth Anniversary of Adam Smith, Publication of the Communist Manifesto (175 years), The Curies' Discovery of Radium (125 years), The Marshall Plan (75 years), The Independence of Israel (75 years), Landing of the Empire Windrush in Britain (75 years), The Berlin Airlift (75 years), Stoke Mandeville Games (75 years), The Tea Act of 1773 and the Boston Tea Party (250 years), Blue Jeans (150 years), The Spanish-American War ("Remember the Maine!") (125 years), Roe v Wade Supreme Court Decision (50 years) 39

Spotlight on People 49

Spotlight on 2023 Events

Disney's 100th-Anniversary Celebration, Special Olympics World Games, Other Major 2023 Quadrennial and Biennial Sporting Events 61

Calendar of Events: Jan 1-Dec 31, 2023 65

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Calendar Information for the Years 2023-2025 619

Perpetual Calendar 622

National Days of the World for 2023 626

Selected Special Years: 2000-2023 627

Chinese Calendar 627

World Map of Time Zones 628

Universal, Standard and Daylight Times 629

Leap Seconds 629

Astronomical Phenomena for the Years 2023-2025 630

The Naming of Hurricanes 631

Some Facts About the US Presidents 632

Some Facts About the United States 634

State Governors/US Senators/US Supreme Court 636

Some Facts About Canada 637

Some Facts About Mexico 637

Presidential Proclamations 638

2023 Special Months 640

Looking Forward 642

Major Awards Presented in 2021-2022 643

Index 653

Accessing the Companion Website 752