Today is Monday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2004. There are 333 days left in the year. This is

Today is Monday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2004. There are 333 days left in the year. This is Groundhog Day. On this date in 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrender in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II.
In 1536, the Argentine city of Buenos Aires is founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain. In 1653, New Amsterdam -- now New York City -- is incorporated. In 1870, the "Cardiff Giant," supposedly the petrified remains of a human discovered in Cardiff, N.Y., is revealed to be nothing more than carved gypsum. In 1876, the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is formed in New York. In 1882, Irish poet and novelist James Joyce is born near Dublin. In 1897, fire destroys the Pennsylvania state Capitol in Harrisburg. (A new statehouse is dedicated on the same site nine years later.) In 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill departs Malta for the summit in Yalta with Soviet leader Josef Stalin. In 1971, Idi Amin assumes power in Uganda, after a coup that ousted President Milton Obote. In 1996, dancer, actor and choreographer Gene Kelly dies at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home; he was 83.
February 2, 1979: Robert L. Powell of East Palestine returns home from Iran, where he had lived for nearly a year as an adviser with the Federal Aviation Administration, and tells of chaos, confusion and tension in Tehran. Thousands of people roam the streets, chanting and burning buildings and cars, calling for establishment of a strictly Islamic state.
Columbiana Village officials inform the Mahoning County commissioners that the village wants to annex slightly more than 10 acres of Beaver Township for development, a move the township fears may reduce the tax base and set a precedent for more land acquisition.
Hunt Valve Co. in Salem, one of the 10 oldest industrial firms in the city, will hold an open house for employees, their families and customers at Timberlanes to mark the company's 60th anniversary.
February 2, 1964: Emotions at the Trumbull County auditor's office have varied from disbelief to anger and even to tears as taxpayers check their new property reappraisals and see by how much their taxes are going to increase.
Because babies continue to arrive without consulting statisticians or survey experts, Niles school officials are finding projected enrollments are far short of reality.
Enrollment at Youngstown University for the second semester reaches a new high of 8,545 students, 454 more than a year earlier.
Youngstown University's unbeaten streak in basketball of 16 games is snapped by a 75-69 loss to Central State of Ohio at Wilberforce.
February 2, 1954: In the racket-controlled fields of gambling and vice, Campbell receives new recognition because it has more admitted gambling operators than any other city of its size in Ohio.
The Youngstown Council of Churches, which is in favor of public housing "wherever the need exists," will nevertheless stay out of the controversy of the question of zoning for the proposed Kimmel Brook project.
Youngstown's building inspector gives owner Rocco Marino 30 days to raze the old Esquire Theater at 28 S. Champion St., which had originally been known as the Princess and later as the Grand. A pedestrian was struck by a piece of the marquee while walking on the sidewalk.
February 2, 1929: The Ohio General Assembly receives a proposal for a constitutional amendment that would set a limit of 15 mills on all taxable property unless a majority of voters in a tax district approve more.
Mahoning County collects $206,196 in automobile license fees on 27,304 autos during January, making it the largest month in the county's history.