- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, took office as president on January 1, 2023. Seven days later, supporters of defeated candidate and former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace, unsuccessfully calling for a military coup.
- Mirfak (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
MIRFAK (Alpha Persei). Perseus, the ancient hero who rescued Andromeda, climbs the northeastern sky in northern autumn evenings, bright Mirfak marking his side amidst a lovely stream of stars that lies within the northern-hemisphere autumn Milky Way.