* 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 )

Visitors reach the island via two international airports in Heraklion and Chania and a smaller airport in Sitia ( international charter and domestic flights starting May 2012 ) or by boat to the main ports of Heraklion, Chania, Rethimno, Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.

In 2012, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger addressed the U. S. policy on East Pakistan, as " Gun boat diplomacy ".

The most skiers towed behind one boat is 145, set by the Horsehead Water Ski Club in Strahan, Tasmania, Australia on 27 January 2012.

In 2012 the Spanish military garrison in the fort on Peñón de Alhucemas comprised an infantry section of 25-30 men from the 32nd Mixed Artillery Regiment plus personnel from the marine services with an inflatable boat for reaching supply vessels.

The fire travelled by boat in 1948 and 2012 to cross the English Channel and was carried by rowers in Canberra as well as by dragon boat in Hong Kong in 2008, and it was first transported by airplane in 1952, when the fire travelled to Helsinki.

In 2012 it was carried by boat across Bristol harbour in the UK and on the front of a London Underground train to Wimbledon.

However, for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012 this boat had the name " T. H.

** Ryō Un Maru, a Japanese fishing boat washed away from her moorings after the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, and was deliberately sunk on 5 April 2012 after entering U. S. waters off the coast of Alaska.

The entire project was completed in 2012, including other improvements such as the construction of fishing piers, boat ramps, bike paths, walking trails, gateways, and a new Ocean City Visitor Center.

Longville's diverse service economy includes a grocery store, gas station, bar, coffee shop, bait shop, supper club, realty services, airplane rides, boat maintenance, three hardware stores, a library, clinic, bank, airport, multiple art galleries, gift shops, pizza parlor, ice cream shop, mini golf, sporting goods and even a new ( as of summer 2012 ) chicken wing place.

Some participants of the annual cardboard boat race on Suicide Sunday 2012.

The 2012 event saw the San Francisco Yacht Club's classic Bird boat, Robin, defeat the Corinthian Yacht Club's Polly in a best-of-three match sailed on September 15.

The cast and crew from the first 10 years of the show held their first reunion on 19 May 2012 in the Quayside area of Newcastle upon Tyne and on a river boat cruise.

* Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor, born on a boat in Whangarei in 1995, settled there again in 2012

Observed by two boat trippers on a section of the Old River Lea close to the 2012 Olympic Stadium, the goose vanished " in the space of half a second ".

As well, the larger, motorized boats from the marina jostle for the attention of the oarsmen at the small rowboats, and once visitors have been transferred to the small boats it is necessary for the oarsman to paddle to another boat, anchored just outside the entrance, where the entry fee ( in 2012, 12. 5 Euros per person, regardless of the number of visitors in the boat ), is paid.

*, an Armidale class patrol boat commissioned in 2006 and active as of 2012

*, an Armidale class patrol boat commissioned in 2007 and in active service as of 2012

*, an Armidale class patrol boat commissioned in 2007 and active as of 2012

In 1595 Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno, captain of the 200 ton galleon San Augustin was shipwrecked at Drakes Bay, He chose to bypassed the Farallones, on his return to Acapulco in an open boat, with 65 hungry men. Ggitzen ( talk ) 23: 41, 18 September 2012 ( UTC )

Each class of boat is assigned a " Portsmouth Number ", with fast boats having low numbers and slow ones high numbers — so, for example, in the case of two dinghies, a 49er might have a RYA-PY of 740 while a Mirror has a RYA-PY of 1385 ( these are the actual RYA Portsmouth numbers for 2012, but note that adjustments are made each year ).

Some participants of the cardboard boat race on Suicide Sunday 2012.