Doomsday Algorithm was invented by Conway (1973). A year has a special day, known as a Doomsday, and dumb mnemonics tie it to a list of days within a month on that day:
> Doomsday
February 28/29 -- doomsday
> Even months
doomsday = month number
April 4 (4/4)
June 6 (6/6)
August 8 (8/8)
October 10 (10/10)
December 12 (12/12)
>Odd months
doomsday mnemonic = "I work 9-5 at the 7-11"
May 9th (5/9)
July 11th (7/11)
September 5th (9/5)
November 7th (11/7)
> January
Jan 3 in normal year, otherwise Jan 4
> March
March "0th" (aka 7, 14, 21, 28)
to recap:
1/3
2/28
3/7
4/4
5/9
6/6
7/11
8/8
9/5
10/10
11/7
12/12
For this year, the Doomsday is Sunday.