# Happy International June the 12th Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817 "2013-06-12T15:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/1 "2013-06-12T15:28:14Z")
I’m taking the day off in observance. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/2 "2013-06-12T15:35:54Z")
I’ve already picked up a bottle of applejack and a package of checkered balloons for tonight’s festivities. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/3 "2013-06-12T15:37:15Z")
Did you know it’s Loving Day? Not quite what it sounds like: Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12, the anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving vs. Virginia which struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in sixteen U.S. states citing “There can be no doubt that restricting the freedom to marry solely because of racial classifications violates the central meaning of the equal protection clause.” In the United States, anti-miscegenation laws were U.S. state laws banning interracial marriage, mainly forbidding marriage between non-whites and whites. Loving Day is not yet an official recognized holiday by the U.S. government, but there is a movement to persuade U.S. President Barack Obama to make it as such. (from der Wiki) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/4 "2013-06-12T15:44:23Z")
June 12th is actually a pretty good day for freedom: 1990: Russia Day, celebrating the beginning of constitutional reform in Russia 1987: Ronald Reagan’s “[Tear down this wall!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall)” speech 1967: [Loving Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_Day) (Loving vs. Virginia decision) 1942: Anne Frank receives a diary for her birthday 1776: Virginia colonial legislature becomes the first to adopt a Bill of Rights Among other things. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/5 "2013-06-12T15:59:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Did you know it’s Loving Day? > [@Sailboat](#): > > 1967: [Loving Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_Day) (Loving vs. Virginia decision) So, Professor Pepperwinkle, my old nemesis! Using Ninjutsu-posting against me, I see! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/6 "2013-06-12T16:10:10Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > So, Professor Pepperwinkle, my old nemesis! Using Ninjutsu-posting against me, I see! Bwahahaa! I excel at shinobi typing… still can’t text worth a damn, though. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/7 "2013-06-12T16:17:03Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > June 12th is actually a pretty good day for freedom: > > 1990: Russia Day, celebrating the beginning of constitutional reform in Russia > 1987: Ronald Reagan’s “[Tear down this wall!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall)” speech > 1967: [Loving Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_Day) (Loving vs. Virginia decision) > 1942: Anne Frank receives a diary for her birthday > 1776: Virginia colonial legislature becomes the first to adopt a Bill of Rights > > Among other things. 1994: Little Billy Collins saw his first boobie. 1986: Zookeeper Fran Grainger licked her first baby monkey butthole to stimulate defecation. 1852: Cotton farmer James Birmingham ate his first non-white poontang. 54236 BC: Og threw his twelfth handfull of poo-poo at Lur. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/8 "2013-06-13T02:10:15Z")
My birthday fell on it this year. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/9 "2013-06-13T12:27:21Z")
Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday, Dear Johnny L.A., Happy Birthday to You! Another year has gone and you have stood the test, Stand out from the rest, far above the best, Another year has come, a year of joy and fun, So here is my request: Happy Birthday to You (yes, You!, yes, You!, yes, You!) Happy Birthday to You (it’s true, it’s true, it’s true!) Happy Birthday, Dear L.A., Happy Birthday, Dear L.A., Happy Birthday, Dear L.A… Happy Birthday to YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfyre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfyre/32/9972_2.png) [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/10 "2013-06-13T18:12:16Z")
Man, this thread is SO yesterday. BTW, happy B-day. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/11 "2013-06-13T18:16:31Z")
Remember: International June the 14th Day is right around the corner. It’s not too late to stock up on canned haggis and Diet Dr. Pepper for the festivities! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/12 "2013-06-13T18:32:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Stand out from the rest, far above the best, Great now I have this song and movie stuck in my head. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8zC2lWjpiH8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC2gKKAgwIABABGHIgOCg6MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBtepDYqdU1KYbGWADd5fPi-GKlfQ "Youre the Best Around") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zC2lWjpiH8) Happy belated falling out of a vagina day. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/13 "2013-06-13T19:28:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Happy Birthday to YOU!!! > [@Shadowfyre](#): > > BTW, happy B-day. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Happy belated falling out of a vagina day. Thanks, guys! 🙂 > [@Czarcasm](#): > > It’s not too late to stock up on canned haggis I have two cans in the cupboard! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/14 "2013-06-13T21:46:20Z")
I split the difference, and took the day off from work today. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/15 "2013-06-15T14:10:21Z")
Over here, June 12 doesn’t come until November. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/16 "2013-06-15T14:50:03Z")
And a quick note: tomorrow, June 16th, is [Bloomsday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday). Shall we surprise Leo? ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817/17 "2013-06-17T16:03:37Z")
Happy Icelandic National Day and congratulations on your Freedom! 69 years deserves some sort of special recognition I would think.