March 31st (1917) was a Saturday. It's the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 275 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 31st March, 1917
» The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.
Famous Birthdays on March 31 in 1917
» Dorothy DeLay, American violin instructor (d. 2002)
March 31st Famous Deaths for 1917
» Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
March 31st Holidays in History
» Christian feast day
» Abdas of Susa
» Acathius of Melitene (Eastern Orthodox Church)
» Anesius and companions
» Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr or Benjamin
» Saint Balbina or Balbina
» John Donne (Anglican Communion, Lutheran)
» March 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Freedom Day (Malta)
» Public holidays in Thailand National observances or King Nangklao Memorial Day (Thailand)
» Thomas Mundy Peterson called Thomas Mundy Peterson Day (New Jersey)
» Transfer Day (United States Virgin Islands known as US Virgin Islands)