What day of the week was July 1, 1996?

July 1, 1996 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 1?

1961: Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales. 1979: Sony Walkman goes on sale. 1997: Hong Kong handed over to China

July 1, 1996 was a
Monday

July 1, 1996 was a Monday — that’s 10,982 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 366

ISO week

Week 27

Leap year?

Yes

Zodiac sign

Cancer

Days ago

10,982

How to solve: July 1, 1996

1
Century anchor1900s→ Wednesday (3)
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2
Divide by 1296 ÷ 12→ 8
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3
Remainder of 1296 % 12→ 0
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4
Divide remainder by 40 ÷ 4→ 0
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5
Year's doomsday(3 + 8 + 0 + 0) % 7→ 4 → Thursday
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6
Month doomsdayJuly→ 11th
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7
Distance1 − 11→ -10
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8
Final answer(4 + -10) % 7→ 1 → Monday

Now you try

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

July 12, 1996

On this day in history

1961Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales
1979Sony Walkman goes on sale
1997Hong Kong handed over to China

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July 1, 1996 was aMonday

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July 1, 1996 was aMonday

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July 1, 1996 was a
Monday

July 1, 1996 was a
Monday