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

Five years ago [1], I posted that January 8^th 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:

Table: Number of times January 8^th 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? [High, given your
results. —Editor] [Har har. —Sean] 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?

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2018/01/08.1
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