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July 29, 1942 was a
Wednesday

July 29, 1942 was a Wednesday — that’s 30,630 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
210 of 365
ISO week
Week 31
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Leo
Days ago
30,630

How to solve: July 29, 1942

  1. 1
    Century anchor1900s→Wednesday (3)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 1242 ÷ 12→3
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 1242 % 12→6
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 46 ÷ 4→1
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(3 + 3 + 6 + 1) % 7→6 → Saturday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJuly→11th
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  7. 7
    Distance29 − 11→18
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  8. 8
    Final answer(6 + 18) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

  • 1981Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 28, 1942 — TuesdayDay afterJuly 30, 1942 — ThursdayOne year earlierJuly 29, 1941 — TuesdayOne year laterJuly 29, 1943 — 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 Wednesday is named after Odin, the Norse god of wisdom and poetry?