What day of the week was July 2, 1979?

July 2, 1979 was a Monday. You can work it out in your head with the Doomsday algorithm — this page shows the full step-by-step calculation.

What happened on July 2?

1962: First Walmart store opens

July 2, 1979 was a
Monday

July 2, 1979 was a Monday — that’s 17,191 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

Monday

Day of year

183 of 365

ISO week

Week 27

Leap year?

Zodiac sign

Cancer

Days ago

17,191

How to solve: July 2, 1979

1
Century anchor1900s→ Wednesday (3)
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2
Divide by 1279 ÷ 12→ 6
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3
Remainder of 1279 % 12→ 7
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4
Divide remainder by 47 ÷ 4→ 1
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5
Year's doomsday(3 + 6 + 7 + 1) % 7→ 3 → Wednesday
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6
Month doomsdayJuly→ 11th
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7
Distance2 − 11→ -9
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8
Final answer(3 + -9) % 7→ 1 → Monday

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Same month, one different day. You already know July 11 is a doomsday — count from there.

July 13, 1979

On this day in history

1962First Walmart store opens

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July 2, 1979 was aMonday

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July 2, 1979 was aMonday

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July 2, 1979 was a
Monday

July 2, 1979 was a
Monday