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August 29, 1945 was a
Wednesday

August 29, 1945 was a Wednesday — that’s 29,504 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
241 of 365
ISO week
Week 35
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Days ago
29,504

How to solve: August 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 doomsdayAugust→8th
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  7. 7
    Distance29 − 8→21
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  8. 8
    Final answer(3 + 21) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

  • 1958Birth of Michael Jackson
  • 1997Netflix is founded
  • 2005Hurricane Katrina makes landfall

Related dates

Day beforeAugust 28, 1945 — TuesdayDay afterAugust 30, 1945 — ThursdayOne year earlierAugust 29, 1944 — TuesdayOne year laterAugust 29, 1946 — 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 many stock markets, Wednesday is typically a turning point in market trends?