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June 23, 1929 was a
Sunday

June 23, 1929 was a Sunday — that’s 35,415 days ago. Below you can see exactly how to work the weekday out in your head with the Doomsday algorithm, along with a few other facts about the date.

Weekday
Sunday
Day of year
174 of 365
ISO week
Week 25
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Days ago
35,415

How to solve: June 23, 1929

  1. 1
    Century anchor1900s→Wednesday (3)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 1229 ÷ 12→2
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 1229 % 12→5
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 45 ÷ 4→1
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(3 + 2 + 5 + 1) % 7→4 → Thursday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJune→6th
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  7. 7
    Distance23 − 6→17
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  8. 8
    Final answer(4 + 17) % 7→0 → Sunday

On this day in history

  • 1912Birth of Alan Turing
  • 2016UK votes for Brexit

Related dates

Day beforeJune 22, 1929 — SaturdayDay afterJune 24, 1929 — MondayOne year earlierJune 23, 1928 — SaturdayOne year laterJune 23, 1930 — Monday
Want to be able to do this for any date in seconds? Read the guide or practice the algorithm.
Did you know? Did you know that Sunday is often used for major elections in several countries around the world?