What is 2023 in the United States?
{{Year nav topic5|2023|the United States}} Events from the year '''2023 in the United States'''. ==Events== === January === * [[January 21]] – In [[2023 Monterey Park shooting|a mass shooting]] at a [[Chinese New Year]] celebration, a gunman kills eleven people in [[Monterey Park, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2023-01-22|title=January 22, 2023 Monterey Park mass shooting news|url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/los-angeles-mass-shooting-01-22-2023/index.html|access-date=2023-11-05|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref> Two days later, seven others would be killed in another [[2023 Half Moon Bay shootings|mass shooting]] in [[Half Moon Bay, California]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2023-01-24|title=Half Moon Bay: Seven dead in another California mass shooting|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64382598|access-date=2023-11-05}}</ref> === February === * [[February 3]] &ndash; A train carrying [[hazardous materials]] [[2023 Ohio train derailment|runs off the tracks]] in [[East Palestine, Ohio]]. A bunch of train cars burned for more than two days, and then [[emergency crew]]s did a [[controlled burn]] of more cars. The fires released [[hydrogen chloride]] and [[phosgene]] into the [[atmosphere]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Orsagos |first1=Patrick |last2=Seewer |first2=John |date=February 6, 2023 |title=Crews release toxic chemicals from derailed tankers in Ohio |url=https://apnews.com/article/ohio-train-derailment-updates-bf5a60de2243cd6f7f730096aa33294c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207084734/https://apnews.com/article/ohio-train-derailment-updates-bf5a60de2243cd6f7f730096aa33294c |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=Associated Press }}</ref> * [[February 4]] – The [[U.S. Government]] [[2023 Chinese balloon incident|shoots down a Chinese spy balloon]] in U.S. [[territorial waters]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[South Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=China condemns US military strike on suspected spy balloon|u