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June 30, 1948 was a
Wednesday

June 30, 1948 was a Wednesday — that’s 28,468 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
182 of 366
ISO week
Week 27
Leap year?
Yes
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Days ago
28,468

How to solve: June 30, 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
    Distance30 − 6→24
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  8. 8
    Final answer(0 + 24) % 7→3 → Wednesday

Related dates

Day beforeJune 29, 1948 — TuesdayDay afterJuly 1, 1948 — ThursdayOne year earlierJune 30, 1947 — MondayOne year laterJune 30, 1949 — 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 the financial world, 'Black Wednesday' refers to a major currency crisis that occurred on September 16, 1992?