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31 March 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 31 March 2017 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 31 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 31 March 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 31 March 2017 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 31 March
- 1998 Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
- 2005 The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by astronomer Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.
- 2016 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a yearlong mission at the International Space Station.
- 2018 Start of the 2018 Armenian revolution.
- 2023 A historic tornado outbreak occurs in the American Midwest and South.
Famous people born on March 31
- Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor (born 1971)
- Christopher Walken, American actor (born 1943)
- Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter (born 1955)
- Rhea Perlman, American actress (born 1948)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2017 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
- February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
- May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Life in the US in 2017
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.42
Loaf of Bread
$2.08
Average House
$323,100
Weekly Wage
$869
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