Today is Friday, June 3, the 155th day of 2016. There are 211 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: TV producer Chuck Barris is 87. The president of Cuba, Raul Castro, is 85. Author Larry McMurtry is 80. Rock singer Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople) is 77. Singer Suzi Quatro is 66. Singer Deneice Williams is 65. Rock singer-musician Mike Gordon is 51. TV host Anderson Cooper is 49. Writer-director Tate Taylor is 37. Actress Nikki M. James is 35. Tennis player Rafael Nadal is 30.

In 1888, the poem ‘‘Casey at the Bat’’ by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.

In 1963, Pope John XXIII died at age 81; he was succeeded by Pope Paul VI.

In 1965, astronaut Edward H. White became the first American to ‘‘walk’’ in space during the flight of Gemini 4.

In 1972, Sally J. Priesand was ordained in Cincinnati as America’s first female rabbi.

In 1989, Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died. Chinese army troops began their sweep of Beijing to crush student-led prodemocracy demonstrations.

In 2011, former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards admitted he had ‘‘done wrong’’ but strongly denied breaking the law after prosecutors charged him with using $925,000 in under-the-table campaign contributions to hide his mistress and baby during his 2008 White House run.

In 2015, under pressure over missing artwork, Boston Public Library president Amy Ryan resigns.