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June 23, 1948 was a
Wednesday

June 23, 1948 was a Wednesday — that’s 28,475 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
175 of 366
ISO week
Week 26
Leap year?
Yes
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Days ago
28,475

How to solve: June 23, 1948

  1. 1
    Century anchor1900s→Wednesday (3)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 1248 ÷ 12→4
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 1248 % 12→0
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 40 ÷ 4→0
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(3 + 4 + 0 + 0) % 7→0 → Sunday
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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(0 + 17) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

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

Related dates

Day beforeJune 22, 1948 — TuesdayDay afterJune 24, 1948 — ThursdayOne year earlierJune 23, 1947 — MondayOne year laterJune 23, 1949 — Thursday
Want to be able to do this for any date in seconds? Read the guide or practice the algorithm.
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