Its Halfway Day! Jul 2, 2023

Today is Halfway Day, which means we are halfway through 2023! Halfway Day begins at noon on July 2 during a regular 365-day year, and at midnight on July 2 during a leap year—so this year, we"re celebrating at lunchtime.

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Today in History

Jul 2, 2018Keep watching the skies
Jul 2, 2019Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
Jul 2, 2020All Rhodes lead to the beach
Jul 2, 2021A meerkat stands alone
Jul 2, 2022Halfway Day
Jul 2, 2024The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
Jul 2, 2025Spine-cheeked anemonefish in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

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Apr 23, 2023World Book Day
Dec 30, 2020Winter in the Wild West
Mar 18, 2023Gamboa Crater, Mars
Dec 29, 2023Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan 10, 2023Lake Peipus, Estonia
Oct 8, 2024World Octopus Day
Aug 24, 2019Get the bear facts
Jun 4, 2025The beach at Cala Luna, Sardinia, Italy
Dec 28, 2021Kjell Henriksen Observatory
Jul 26, 2022Mangrove Conservation Day
Jan 19, 2021The ruins of a Maya superpower
Nov 14, 2021First Cliff Walk
Jun 1, 2018In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
Jul 5, 2022Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe
Dec 4, 2024Wildlife Conservation Day
Oct 2, 2024Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Dec 20, 2018Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
Feb 3, 2021The mountaintop of toppled gods
Aug 30, 2022Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
May 21, 2020A visionary artist paints his own garden view
Dec 18, 2019It’s Weihnachtsmarkt time!
Oct 30, 2018A species worth defending
Dec 1, 2024Antarctica Day
Oct 30, 2019Cross this bridge if you dare
Sep 8, 2021Enter the magical world of Livraria Lello
Nov 29, 2024Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
Jul 28, 2018Defying gravity on a swing ride