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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Dec 27, 2018A wonderland in winter
Oct 22, 2023Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
Nov 10, 2023Badlands National Parks 45th anniversary
Mar 17, 2024St. Patricks Day
Jun 7, 2026National Garden Week
Jul 6, 2021The most Instagrammable bird?
Nov 16, 2019Mountain mists over Bavaria
Mar 11, 2022We stand with Ukraine
Mar 25, 2026Juvenile manatees in a freshwater spring, Crystal River, Florida
Jul 13, 2018The puffin-rabbit connection
Sep 27, 2019Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
Feb 2, 2018Alpine marmots at Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
Jan 30, 2019Embracing the cold
Aug 4, 2021A special day for a special cat
May 20, 2019The island fox’s incredible comeback
May 29, 2018The first ascent
Dec 19, 2019Winter at Valley Forge
Nov 6, 2024Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Jan 20, 2018Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
Jun 27, 2025Splendid leaf frog
Sep 9, 2019A toast to California!
Aug 2, 2018The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
Jun 14, 2024Flag Day
Nov 13, 2024Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
Nov 17, 2025National Take a Hike Day
Jan 8, 2021Take this for a spin...
Nov 10, 202547 years of Badlands National Park
Oct 23, 2025International Day of the Snow Leopard