* Markus Weimer, The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002 – 2012

* 2012 – The Independent State of Azawad is declared.

* 1919 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1983 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

* 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta ( d. 2012 )

* 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal ( d. 2012 )

* 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist ( d. 2012 )

* 1945 – Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater ( d. 2012 )

* 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1914 – Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Ekrem Bora, Turkish actor ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Lionel Bowen, Australian politician ( b. 1922 )

* 2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer ( b. 1947 )

* 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, President of Mexico ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician ( b. 1898 )

* 2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1942 )

* 2012 – Jerry Lynch, American baseball player ( b. 1930 )

* 2012 – N. K. P. Salve, Indian politician ( b. 1921 )

* 1933 – Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate ( d. 2012 )

* 1921 – Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria ( d. 2012 )

* 1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – John Berry, English motorcycle racing promoter and manager ( b. 1944 )

* 2012 – Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist ( b. 1927 )

On May 9, 2012 a Superjet 100 was performing a demonstration flight, when it lost radio contact with controllers over Indonesia.

According to the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom in 2012, Chile has the strongest private property rights in Latin America, scoring 90 on a scale of 100.

Nearly 100 % of the country's 82. 5 million ( 2012 est.

In a 2012 study, each star of the 100 billion or so in our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to host " on average ... at least 1. 6 planets.

In mid-August 2012, the company announced that it will be establishing a chain of 100 economy hotels in Europe but, unlike its few existing hotels in Scandinavia, they will not carry the Ikea name nor will they use Ikea furniture and furnishings-they will be operated by an unnamed international group of hoteliers.

Polgár was ranked number 36 in the world on the July 2012 FIDE rating list with an Elo rating of 2709, the woman on FIDE's Top 100 Players list, and has been ranked as high as eighth ( in 2005 ).

* 2012 – A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.

By the end of the war, MIT became the nation's largest wartime R & D contractor ( attracting some criticism of Bush ), employing nearly 4000 in the Radiation Laboratory alone and receiving in excess of $ 100 million ($ billion in 2012 dollars ) before 1946.

* XacBank-XacBank is a community development bank and microfinance institution headquartered in Ulaanbaatar, with a nation-wide network of 100 offices and 1309 staff as of June 2012.

As of 2012, the AAF has over 100 refurbished aircraft, which includes a number of C-27A Spartan and Antonov AN-32 military transport aircraft as well as Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters.

* In early June 2012, Paramount released a graphic poster, created by Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, that celebrated their centenary with 100 films represented as badges around their logo.

Ruby 2. 0 is rumored to be " 100 % compatible " with Ruby 1. 9. 3., the plan is to have code freeze October 2012 and release February 2013.

In early June 2012, Spain requested European funding of 100 billion euros " to recapitalize Spanish banks that need it ", is not a " rescue " because a real rescue, would reach ten or twelve times that amount.

As of August 2012 the Antel website claims to have connected over 100, 000 homes to the Internet via fiber.

The soundtrack's single, " Titles ", also reached the top of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart and was used as the background music at the London 2012 Olympics winners ' medal presentation ceremonies.

This limit is the section 415 limit, which is the lesser of 100 % of the employee's total pre-tax compensation or $ 44, 000 for 2006, $ 45, 000 for 2007, $ 46, 000 for 2008, $ 49, 000 for 2009 through 2011, and $ 50, 000 for 2012.

It initially had 12 staff members and $ 100 million ($ 844. 9 million in 2012 dollars ) in capital.

As of 2012, all the ' skyscrapers ' of Tilburg, higher than 100 m ( 330 ft ) are located within the district.

The record stood at 100 for 24 years before a huge team lead by the ski club broke the record at 114 in 2010 and then increased the number to 145 in 2012.

She has been a regular on FHMs 100 Sexiest Women list since 1996, ranking at # 79 in 2012, # 81 in 2010, # 24 in 2009 and # 27 in 2008.

The city also forms one of the largest student centres in Southeastern Europe, is host to the largest student population in Greece and will be the European Youth Capital in 2014, after it celebrates 100 years of union with Greece in 2012.

By sheer coincidence, exactly 100 years later on 07 August 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory rover used its Radiation Assessment Detector ( RAD ) instrument to begin measuring the radiation levels on another planet for the first time.

According to the Cato Institute, the U. S. federal government will spend almost $ 100 billion on corporate welfare during fiscal year 2012.

Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 37, 776 restaurants in 100 countries and territories as of October 1, 2012.

For more than 100 years, a simple granite stone was the only marker of the Road's beginning in Cumberland, MD In June, 2012, a monument and plaza were built in Riverside Park ( Cumberland ), adjoining the starting place.