1600 years of 0 odd days and 30 years have 1 odd day. 49 years contain 12 leap years and 37 ordinary years and therefore (24 + 37) odd days i.e., 5 odd days i.e., 1949 years contain (0 + 1 + 5) = 6 odd days. 26 day of January contain 5 days.Total odd days = (6 + 5) = 11 or 4 days. So, the days was Thursday