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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Jan 9, 2021The stylish Spanish shawl
Nov 16, 2019Mountain mists over Bavaria
May 23, 2019Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
Oct 28, 2018Do spirits haunt the Gardens of Versailles?
Jul 23, 2019A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
Sep 6, 2023Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Mar 13, 2023National Napping Day
Oct 18, 2025Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
Aug 25, 2021Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
Jul 16, 2022American goldfinch
May 28, 2019Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
Mar 24, 2020Springtime in the Mediterranean
Jul 29, 2024International Tiger Day
Apr 5, 2019A day of death and rebirth
Mar 4, 2021The most wonderful day of the year. Period.
Jan 14, 2023Feast of the Donkey
Jun 10, 2018Travel Sunday: Sintra, Portugal
Oct 31, 2021Happy Halloween!
Feb 3, 2022Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
Apr 5, 2022Goðafoss waterfall, Iceland
Dec 17, 2024Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
May 26, 2018Honoring the first American woman in space
Jul 23, 2024Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
Jan 14, 2025Village of Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
May 1, 2022AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
Sep 4, 2024Dusky eagle-owls, Pakistan
Aug 31, 2018Let’s have a ball
Nov 11, 2020Honoring our veterans
Jul 6, 2023International Kissing Day
May 14, 2025Porto Flavia, Sardinia, Italy