Today is Saturday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2008. There are 333 days left in the year. This is

Today is Saturday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2008. 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 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War, is signed. 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.

February 2, 1983: Warren native Paul Warfield, who had been a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins, is elected to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

A trucker is shot at six times in Columbiana County and rocks continue to rain down on others as violence in the nationwide strike continued along area highways overnight.

The Sharon Steel Corp. unveils plans for $25.1 million in productivity improvements at its Victor Posner Works to make the plant more productive. About 400 of the 1,200 laid off steelworkers are expected to be recalled. The workforce is at about 2,600.

February 2, 1968: Two 15-year-old East Side youths are lodged in Mahoning County Juvenile Research Center, accused of starting a fire at Science Hill Elementary School.

A formal complaint of assault and battery is filed against a 16-year-old North High School student by a teacher who says he was injured by the youth at the school.

The Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority may cooperate in an effort to provide federal housing for the elderly downtown for residents forced to move by urban renewal.

February 2, 1958: The Youngstown District, fourth largest in capacity for steel making in the nation, has kept pace with the big expansion in the industry, adding almost 500,000 tons in capacity in 1957.

Dr. Wernher Von Braun, proud parent of America’s Explorer space satellite, says the day may come when satellites could be used to transmit messages around the world. Just a half-dozen satellites could handle as much information as is now sent through the mail.

February 2, 1933: The Mahoning County Bar Association adopts a committee report saying the Ohio Edison Co.’s report claiming only modest profits in its Youngstown operations is “not to be taken seriously.”

U.S. Rep. John Cooper of Youngstown is in line for a seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee in the new Congress.

Former Youngstown Mayor William George Reese is indicted on a charge of assault with intent to kill Mrs. Anna Washok, 72, who had put Reese in her will.