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July 24, 1929 was a
Wednesday

July 24, 1929 was a Wednesday — that’s 35,383 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
Wednesday
Day of year
205 of 365
ISO week
Week 30
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Leo
Days ago
35,383

How to solve: July 24, 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 doomsdayJuly→11th
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  7. 7
    Distance24 − 11→13
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  8. 8
    Final answer(4 + 13) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

  • 1897Birth of Amelia Earhart

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 23, 1929 — TuesdayDay afterJuly 25, 1929 — ThursdayOne year earlierJuly 24, 1928 — TuesdayOne year laterJuly 24, 1930 — Thursday
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 in Roman mythology, Wednesday is named after Mercury, the messenger god?