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
Jul 2, 2026Ceiling of the Temple of Esna, Egypt

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Sep 12, 2022Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
Mar 14, 2021Perfect timing
May 21, 2023Pont dArcole over the Seine river, Paris, France
Feb 16, 2023Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
Jun 25, 2018Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
Jan 16, 2018Lionfish off the coast of Indonesia
Apr 25, 2024World Penguin Day
May 8, 2026World Donkey Day
Aug 20, 2023International Lighthouse Weekend
Mar 25, 2026Juvenile manatees in a freshwater spring, Crystal River, Florida
May 18, 2021International Museum Day
May 2, 2026Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada
Apr 23, 2024World Book Day
Oct 4, 2018From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
Aug 8, 2024Spotted owlet, Bangkok, Thailand
Jul 6, 2019Racers pushing past sunflowers in the 2018 Tour de France
Dec 24, 2019Dashing through the snow
Jun 15, 2023Nature Photography Day
Jun 27, 2024Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
May 18, 2019A ‘city’ within Valencia
Oct 30, 2024Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Jun 5, 2024World Environment Day
Jun 5, 2020By the light of the fireflies
Apr 18, 2021In Sicily, history is everywhere
Jul 24, 2019Can you see the family resemblance?
May 15, 2023The Canary Islands, Spain
Jun 29, 2020Goats don t grow on trees
Aug 29, 2025Aerial view of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
May 20, 2018Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
Nov 3, 2020Vote!