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
The Week in Politics former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern hid in a kitchen cupboard for a television advertisement in 2010, opposition parties used the show to describe the skit as "terrible" for the country. In 2012, host Sean O'Rourke discussed broken promises with Labour Party Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte. During the discussion, with the minister being asked if he had broken any campaign promises, Rabbitte said, "Isn't that what you tend to do during an election?" The Week in Politics The Week in Politics is an Irish news and current affairs programme broadcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ News Now.