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July 29, 1949 was a
Friday

July 29, 1949 was a Friday — that’s 28,073 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
Friday
Day of year
210 of 365
ISO week
Week 30
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Leo
Days ago
28,073

How to solve: July 29, 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
    Distance29 − 11→18
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  8. 8
    Final answer(1 + 18) % 7→5 → Friday

On this day in history

  • 1981Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 28, 1949 — ThursdayDay afterJuly 30, 1949 — SaturdayOne year earlierJuly 29, 1948 — ThursdayOne year laterJuly 29, 1950 — Saturday
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 Friday is the most common day for banks to release new loan rates?