Today is Tuesday, June 3, the 155th day of 2008. There are 211 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

Two hundred years ago, on June 3, 1808, Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, was born in Christian County, Ky.

On this date:

• In 1621, the Dutch West India Company received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Tony Curtis is 83. TV producer Chuck Barris is 79.

Thought for Today: “Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.”—Jefferson Davis, Confederate president (1808-1889).