Today is Tuesday, May 24, the 145th day of 2016. There are 221 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Jazz musician Archie Shepp is 79. Comedian Tommy Chong is 78. Singer Bob Dylan is 75. Actor Gary Burghoff is 73. Singer Patti LaBelle is 72. Actress Priscilla Presley is 71. Actor Jim Broadbent is 67. Actor Alfred Molina is 63. Singer Rosanne Cash is 61. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 56. Actor John C. Reilly is 51.

In 1775, John Hancock was elected president of the Continental Congress, succeeding Peyton Randolph.

In 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message ‘‘What hath God wrought’’ from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America’s first telegraph line.

In 1935, the first Major League Baseball game to be played at night took place at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.

In 1937, in a set of rulings, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935.

In 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7.

In 2011, Egyptian authorities ordered former president Hosni Mubarak tried on charges of corruption as well as conspiracy in the deadly shooting of protesters who’d driven him from power. (Mubarak was ultimately found guilty of corruption and is facing retrial on charges related to the deaths.)

Last year, conservative challenger Andrzej Duda won Poland’s presidential election, ousting the incumbent, Bronislaw Komorowski, in a runoff vote.