What day of the week was May 12 1984?

Answer 1

May 12 1984 was on a Saturday.

For any date in the 1900s, you can figure out the day of the week in 4 steps:

• Month #: (in order, the month #s are: 1 4 4 0 2 5 0 3 6 1 4 6)

May => 2

• Date #: 12÷7=1 with a remainder of 5

12th => 5

• Year #: 84÷7=12 with a remainder of 0

'84 => 0

• Leap Year #: 84÷4=21, 21÷7=3 with a remainder of 0

'84 => 0

Finally, divide the sum of all (4) numbers by 7: the remainder is the day o the week

7 ÷ 7 = 1, with a remainder of 0, or the day before the first day of the week

Sun = 1st day of the week, so this day (5.12.84) was Saturday.