Today's date happens more frequently on Sunday than any other day of the week
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Sunday, January 08, 2023

Today's date happens more frequently on Sunday than any other day of the week



Five years ago,
I posted that January 8th is less like to occur on Monday.
At the time,
I just accepted it,
but when I recently came across that post a few days ago,
I figured I should actually see if that's true.
I ran the numbers from 1583
(the first full year under the Gregorian calendar) to now:


  Number of times January 8th fell on a day of the week, since 1583
  
    Sunday 65
    Friday 64
    Tuesday 64
    Wednesday 63
    Thursday 62
    Saturday 62
    Monday 61
  



What are the odds I'd find this result on a Sunday?


I was expecting the results to be nearly equal.
I also find it funny that the actual average,
63,
happens on Wednesday,
the most average day of the week
(you see, Wednesday being in the middle of the week and the average is … oh bother!).
I wonder what causes this?



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