Today is Tuesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2016. There are 333 days left in the year. This is Groundhog Day.

Today’s birthdays: Gossip columnist Liz Smith is 93. Actor Robert Mandan is 84. Former Mass. Senate president William Bulger is 82. Comedian Tom Smothers is 79. Rock singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 74. Television executive Barry Diller is 74. Actor Bo Hopkins is 72. Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, is 64. President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, is 64. Model Christie Brinkley is 62. Actress Jennifer Westfeldt is 46. Singer Shakira is 39.

In 1653, New Amsterdam — now New York City — was incorporated.

In 1964, Ranger 6, a NASA probe, crashed onto the surface of the moon as planned but failed to send back any TV images.

In 1980, NBC News reported the FBI had conducted a sting operation targeting members of Congress using phony Arab businessmen in what became known as ‘‘Abscam.’’

In 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa’s black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

In 2014, Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, was found dead in his New York apartment from a combination of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs.

In 2015, the Boston area was buried in heavy snow for the second time in a week, with up to 18 inches. Jury selection in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was postponed, and a celebration for the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots was pushed back a day.