* 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 )

As of January, 2012, some commentators have characterized the unprecedented changes in the global economy as " turbo-capitalism " ( Edward Luttwak ), " market fundamentalism " ( George Soros ), " casino capitalism " ( Susan Strange ), " cancer-stage capitalism " ( John McMurtry ), and as " McWorld " ( Benjamin Barber ).

* " Chairman Ben Bernanke Lecture Series Part 1 " Recorded live on March 20, 2012 10: 35am MST at a class at George Washington University

Leary has starred in many motion pictures, most recently as Captain George Stacy in Marc Webb's 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man.

Diaries by George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison ( W. W. Norton & Company ; 2012 ) 597 pages ; $ 39. 95 ).

* Henry, Nancy, The Life of George Eliot: A Critical Biography, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Due vendicatori in « Middlemarch » di George Eliot e « Anna Karenina » di Lev Tolstoj, Milano, Arcipelago Edizioni, 2012, ISBN 8876954759.

‘ Wells, Herbert George ( 1866 – 1946 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 21 Mar 2012.

* 1916 – George C. Stoney, American director and producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1924 – George Savitsky, American football player ( d. 2012 )

On 3 August 2012, skipper George Edwards published a photograph he claims to be " The most convincing Nessie photograph ever ", which he claimed to have taken on November 2, 2011.

When asked about the result by WEEI radio in January 2012, Martínez said, “ I ’ m not afraid to say that the way that George King and Mr. LaVelle Neal III went about it was unprofessional .”

* Red Tails ( 2012 ) is a George Lucas directed film about the Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group, featuring P-51 Mustangs in their role as escort fighters.

At approximately 9: 40 AM Eastern Daylight Time on April 27, 2012 Enterprise took off from Dulles International Airport en-route to a fly-by over the Hudson River, New York's JFK International Airport, the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington and Verrazano-Narrows Bridges, and several other landmarks in the city ; in an approximately 45-minute " final tour ".

Additionally, Amos is currently writing the music for Samuel Adamson's musical adaptation of the George MacDonald story The Light Princess for the Royal National Theatre, which was originally expected to debut in spring 2012 but has now been deferred.

*" Chairman Ben Bernanke Lecture Series Part 1 " Recorded live on March 20, 2012 10: 35am MST at a class at George Washington University

In 2012, Tharp created the full-length ballet The Princess and the Goblin., based on the story by George MacDonald.

Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.

In his March 2012 budget, chancellor George Osborne announced plans to close the loophole that allows Subway competitors to offer hot food without paying VAT.

Tansley's For Kett and Countryside ( 1910 ), Jack Lindsay's The Great Oak ( 1949 ), Sylvia Haymon's children's story The Loyal Traitor ( 1965 ), and Margaret Callow's A Rebellious Oak ( 2012 ); plays, including George Colman Green's Kett the tanner ( 1909 ); and poetry, including Keith Chandler's collection Kett's Rebellion and Other Poems ( 1982 ).

In further extensions to the design logic, George and Bock ( 2012 ) use case studies and the IBM survey data on business models in large companies to describe how CEOs and entrepreneurs create narratives or stories in a coherent manner to move the business from one opportunity to another.

* Sue Magnier – Entrepreneur ( 1997 ), King of Kings ( 1998 ), Rock of Gibraltar ( 2002 ), Footstepsinthesand ( 2005 ), George Washington ( 2006 ), Henrythenavigator ( 2008 ), Camelot ( 2012 )

In March 2012, Sheen was featured with George Clooney in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, ' 8 ' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as attorney Theodore Olson.

On 26 June 2012 he interviewed the Economic Secretary to the Treasury Chloe Smith about Chancellor George Osborne's decision that day to delay plans to increase fuel duty.

* K1 Britannia, a 1994 replica ( refit in 2012 ) of King George V's famed racing yacht Britannia which was scuttled in 1936.