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July 29, 1945 was a
Sunday

July 29, 1945 was a Sunday — that’s 29,534 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
210 of 365
ISO week
Week 30
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Leo
Days ago
29,534

How to solve: July 29, 1945

  1. 1
    Century anchor1900s→Wednesday (3)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 1245 ÷ 12→3
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 1245 % 12→9
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 49 ÷ 4→2
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(3 + 3 + 9 + 2) % 7→3 → Wednesday
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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(3 + 18) % 7→0 → Sunday

On this day in history

  • 1981Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 28, 1945 — SaturdayDay afterJuly 30, 1945 — MondayOne year earlierJuly 29, 1944 — SaturdayOne year laterJuly 29, 1946 — 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 in many Middle Eastern countries, Sunday is the first day of the workweek?