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July 20, 1949 was a
Wednesday

July 20, 1949 was a Wednesday — that’s 28,082 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
201 of 365
ISO week
Week 29
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Days ago
28,082

How to solve: July 20, 1949

  1. 1
    Century anchor1900s→Wednesday (3)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 1249 ÷ 12→4
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 1249 % 12→1
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 41 ÷ 4→0
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(3 + 4 + 1 + 0) % 7→1 → Monday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJuly→11th
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  7. 7
    Distance20 − 11→9
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  8. 8
    Final answer(1 + 9) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

  • 1969Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 19, 1949 — TuesdayDay afterJuly 21, 1949 — ThursdayOne year earlierJuly 20, 1948 — TuesdayOne year laterJuly 20, 1950 — 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 Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in the Christian calendar?