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August 25, 1948 was a
Wednesday

August 25, 1948 was a Wednesday — that’s 28,412 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
238 of 366
ISO week
Week 35
Leap year?
Yes
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Days ago
28,412

How to solve: August 25, 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 doomsdayAugust→8th
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  7. 7
    Distance25 − 8→17
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  8. 8
    Final answer(0 + 17) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

  • 1939The Wizard of Oz is released

Related dates

Day beforeAugust 24, 1948 — TuesdayDay afterAugust 26, 1948 — ThursdayOne year earlierAugust 25, 1947 — MondayOne year laterAugust 25, 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 Roman mythology, Wednesday is named after Mercury, the messenger god?