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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Jun 10, 2023Porto Cathedral, Portugal
Sep 3, 2018Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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Apr 17, 2018The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
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Mar 7, 2023Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
Feb 11, 2020Celebrating women in science
Mar 24, 2024Silvereyes in South Korea
Sep 27, 2021Sharp-dressed bug
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