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July 13, 2004 was a
Tuesday

July 13, 2004 was a Tuesday — that’s 8,000 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
Tuesday
Day of year
195 of 366
ISO week
Week 29
Leap year?
Yes
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Days ago
8,000

How to solve: July 13, 2004

  1. 1
    Century anchor2000s→Tuesday (2)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 124 ÷ 12→0
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 124 % 12→4
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 44 ÷ 4→1
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(2 + 0 + 4 + 1) % 7→0 → Sunday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJuly→11th
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  7. 7
    Distance13 − 11→2
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  8. 8
    Final answer(0 + 2) % 7→2 → Tuesday

On this day in history

  • 1985Live Aid concerts take place

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 12, 2004 — MondayDay afterJuly 14, 2004 — WednesdayOne year earlierJuly 13, 2003 — SundayOne year laterJuly 13, 2005 — Wednesday
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 Tuesday is often the best day to book flights, as per some travel experts?