What day of the week was January 17, 1931?

The day of the week January 17th, 1931 fell on was a Saturday.

James Earl Jones the American actor was born on 17 January in 1931. As was Douglas Wilder the American politician, 66th Governor of Virginia , Don Zimmer the American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014) .

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864) died on this day in 1931.