* 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 )

In May 2012, Love debuted an art show at Fred Torres Collaborations in New York titled " And She's Not Even Pretty ", which contained over forty drawings and paintings by Love composed in ink, colored pencil, pastels, and watercolors.

* 1920 – Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach ( d. 2012 )

* The Climate Contrarians August 16, 2012 by S. Fred Singer, reply by William D. Nordhaus in The New York Review of Books

* 1918 – Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist ( d. 2012 )

On 12 March 2012, it was announced that head coach Fred Rutten, due to poor results, would be replaced by former assistant-coach Phillip Cocu in the role as caretaker until the end of the 2012 season.

In April 2012, the Ministry of Defence identified the roof of Fred Wigg Tower as a potential location for surface-to-air missile defences during the Games.

The Mayor of Pine Hill Borough is Fred Costantino, whose term of office ends December 31, 2012.

, East Greenwich Township Committee members are Mayor Fred Grant ( 2013 ), Deputy Mayor Deputy Mayor Sam Giordano, Jr. ( 2014 ), William Bumbernick ( 2012 ), Jeffrey Craig ( 2013 ) and Thomas Decker ( 2014 ).

Members of the Borough Council ( with their term-end year and mayoral portfolio assignments listed in parentheses ) are Council President William Huyler ( 2014, Community Services ), Fred Boy ( 2012, Finance ), Charles Germershausen ( 2014, Public Safety ), Carmen Cefolo-Pane ( 2012, Senior Citizens, Health, Social Events ), Mark Taylor ( 2013, Land Use & Environmental ) and David Wikstrom ( 2013, Recreation ).

Members of the Kenilworth Borough Council are Salvatore Candarella ( R, 2012 ), Peter Corvelli ( D, 2013 ), Anthony DeLuca ( D, 2014 ), Brian Joho ( R, 2013 ), Scott W. Klinder ( R, 2014 ) and Fred Pugliese ( R, 2012 )..

* Kathleen Riley, The Astaires: Fred & Adele ( Oxford University Press, 2012 ) ISBN 10: 0199738416

Fred married Sarah Wallace originally from Rugby in 2012.

One former 2012 Presidential candidate, Fred Karger, maintained that the National Organization for Marriage was set up by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS ) as a front group to funnel anonymous money to candidates that are against the legalization of same-sex marriage.

During the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, Drudge was described by some, including former presidential candidate Fred Thompson, as having a pro-Mitt Romney slant.

* MMM Quartet-Live At The Metz ' Arsenal ( 2012 ), with Joelle Leandre, Fred Frith, Urs Leimgruber, Leo Records

On Sunday 30th September 2012 The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America erected and unveiled a commemorative blue plaque to Fred Karno at his former Fun Factory at 38 Southwell Road, Camberwell.

Fred Upton beat challenger Hoogendyk in the August 2012 GOP primary to advance to the General Election in November.

In a recent Facebook photo posted by Fred Durst, Borland is shown playing the Cremona again in 2012 for studio purposes.

Cruise ships including Fred Olsen Lines ' Braemar ( 24, 300 GT ) were moored there during the London 2012 Olympics.

More recent examples include Sir Roger Casement, whose knighthood was cancelled for treason during the First World War, Sir Anthony Blunt whose knighthood was withdrawn in 1979 and Fred Goodwin on 1 February 2012.

On June 4, 2012, it was announced that Brown was elected to the Patriots Hall of Fame by fan vote beating out former coach Bill Parcells and safety Fred Marion.