Today in History: June 3

Today is Friday, June 3, the 155th day of 2016. There are 211 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 3, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Defense Act of 1916, which, among other things, created the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
On this date:
In 1808, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was born in Christian County, Kentucky.
In 1888, the poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published in the Sa