| General Information for March 31st 2017 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 90 of 2017 |
| 275 days left in 2017 |
| Week 13 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1997 - The pre-school children's series Teletubbies is transmitted for the first time. |
| 1984 - Marvin Gaye, the Prince of soul, is shot at by his own father and dies instantly. |
| 1855 - Death of Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre. |
| 1811 - Robert Bunsen, one of the world's greatest and best-known scientists due to the eponymous Bunsen burner, is born. |