| General Information for July 31st 2017 |
| There are 1 public holidays today. |
| Day 212 of 2017 |
| 153 days left in 2017 |
| Week 31 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2006 - Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro. |
| 1919 - German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14. |
| 1715 - A Spanish treasure fleet seven days after 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks. |
| 1498 - On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad. |