A Leap Year That Started on Wednesday
Thanks to its extra day, 2020 counted 53 Wednesdays and 53 Thursdays, one more of each than of the other weekdays, and 262 weekdays from Monday to Friday. The leap day itself, February 29, was a Saturday.
Holidays and the Election of 2020
Independence Day was a Saturday, so federal offices closed on Friday, July 3. Martin Luther King Jr. Day opened the year’s Monday holidays on January 20, Labor Day came on September 7, and Americans chose a president on Tuesday, November 3. Thanksgiving followed on November 26.
Years With the Same Dates as 2020
A leap year beginning on a Wednesday is uncommon: the dates of 2020 match those of 1992 day for day, and the next year to repeat them is 2048.