Determination of the day of the week row C) to find the dominical letter that is E. The letter for September 18 is B, so the day of the week is Thursday. Use 16 (in the Julian century row, column E) and 76 (in row D) to find the dominical letter that is A. February 23 is a "D" day, so the day of the week is Wednesday. In a handwritten note in a collection of astronomical tables, Carl Friedrich Gauss described a method for calculating the day of the week for 1 January in any given year. He never published it. It was finally included in
Pick of the Week (radio) decision which caused some controversy at the time. Chris Serle became the new host and remained so until 1998 when as part of controller James Boyle's changes to Radio 4, it started to be hosted by guest presenters each week, a format which survives to the present day. Since 2008, a special "Pick of the Year" episode has been broadcast each December with a guest presenter choosing their BBC radio highlights of the year. Pick of the Week (radio) Pick of the Week is a long-running British radio programme featuring extracts from BBC radio (and originally television) programmes broadcast over