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June 16, 2001 was a
Saturday

June 16, 2001 was a Saturday — that’s 9,124 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
Saturday
Day of year
167 of 365
ISO week
Week 24
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Days ago
9,124

How to solve: June 16, 2001

  1. 1
    Century anchor2000s→Tuesday (2)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 121 ÷ 12→0
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 121 % 12→1
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 41 ÷ 4→0
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(2 + 0 + 1 + 0) % 7→3 → Wednesday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJune→6th
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  7. 7
    Distance16 − 6→10
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  8. 8
    Final answer(3 + 10) % 7→6 → Saturday

On this day in history

  • 1903Ford Motor Company is incorporated

Related dates

Day beforeJune 15, 2001 — FridayDay afterJune 17, 2001 — SundayOne year earlierJune 16, 2000 — FridayOne year laterJune 16, 2002 — Sunday
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 'Black Saturday' refers to several catastrophic events that have occurred on Saturdays throughout history?