1. Louisiana was admitted as the 18th state in the United States on April 30, 1812. On June 12, 1812, Louisiana officially became a state.

2. June 12 marks the anniversary of the New Orleans Zephyrs' first game as a minor league baseball team. The team, which would go on to become the AAA affiliate of the Miami Marlins, played their inaugural game at Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 12, 1993.

3. On June 12, 1839, the Bayou Lafourche Navigation Company was chartered by the Louisiana state legislature. The company was established to improve navigation on Bayou Lafourche, a 106-mile-long waterway that runs through the heart of Louisiana's sugar cane country.

4. On June 12, 1901, New Orleans native Mahalia Jackson was born. Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest gospel singers of all time and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

5. June 12, 1963, marked the date of Governor George Wallace's "stand in the schoolhouse door" at the University of Alabama. Though not directly related to Louisiana, the incident marked a pivotal moment in the struggle for desegregation in the South and had a profound impact on the civil rights movement as a whole.