* 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 – 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 )

The orchestra under Maestro Barenboim, in the presence of President and Mrs. Giorgio Napolitano, performed for Pope Benedict XVI at the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, the abbot Saint Benedict of Nursia's ( the founder of the Benedictines ) feast day, and thus the name day of the Pope.

* Giorgio Squinzi ( March 22, 2012 -----) ( http :// www. boston. com / news / world / europe / articles / 2012 / 03 / 22 / confindustria_votes_new_president /)

In 2012, Italian publisher L ' Artistica Editrice published Illustrated Historical Universal Ampelography, a three volume set which contains the most important books edited in France and Italy between 1800 and 1900: the Ampélographie of Pierre Viala and Victor Vermorel, the grapes section of Pomona Italiana by Count Giorgio Gallesio and the Ampelografia Itliana of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.

Vittorio Giorgio Andrea Spinetti ( 2 September 1929 – 18 June 2012 ) was a Welsh comedy actor, author, poet and raconteur.

Giorgio Chinaglia (; January 24, 1947 – April 1, 2012 ) was a football striker from Italy.

On February 13, 2012, the judge granted the Chinaglia divorce to Angela.

In late March 2012, Chinaglia was admitted to a hospital in Florida after suffering a heart attack and was released after undergoing surgery.

* 2012 – Piermario Morosini, Italian footballer ( b. 1986 )

* 2012 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist ( b. 1925 )

The Navy authorized Full-Rate Production ( FRP ) of the AARGM in August 2012, with 72 missiles for the Navy and nine for the Italian Air Force to be delivered in 2013.

Nonetheless, by 8 November 2011 the Italian bond yield was 6. 74 percent for 10-year bonds, nearing a 7 percent level where Italy is thought to lose access to financial markets, but it was under 5, 0 % in February 2012.

In April 2012, Jeep signed a shirt sponsorship deal worth € 35m ($ 45m ) with Italian football club Juventus.

* 2012 – Sergio Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer and politician ( b. 1926 )

* 2012 – Ennio Cardoni, Italian footballer ( b. 1929 )

On July 1, 2012, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Brewers wore green batting practice uniforms with red and white trim, a nod to the Italian flag, as part of " Italian Heritage Day ".

Michele Columbu ( 8 February 1914 – 10 July 2012 ) was an Italian politician and writer from Ollolai, Sardinia.

She spoke Italian again as a flashy prostitute in Woody Allen's 2012 To Rome with Love and she is set to reunite with Italian director Sergio Castellitto in his war tale Venuto al Mondo as Gemma.

* 2012 – Bruno Schettino, Italian archbishop ( b. 1941 )

As of September 2012, enough funding has been achieved to enable them to translate the game into German, Spanish, French, and Italian.

* September 8 – Sergio Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer ( d. 2012 )

Gardner has been portrayed by Marcia Gay Harden in the TV miniseries Sinatra, Deborah Kara Unger in HBO's The Rat Pack, Kate Beckinsale in the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator and Anna Drijver in the 2012 Italian TV film Walter Chiari-Fino all ' ultima risata.

The 2012 Italian drama film Caesar Must Die (), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a prison performance of Julius Caesar.

Parma Football Club ( formerly Parma Associazione Calcio ), commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia – Romagna that will compete in Serie A in the 2012 – 13 season, having finished in eighth position last season.

Pope Benedict XVI visited Arezzo and two other Italian municipalities on Sunday, May 13, 2012.

* SWIFT J1822. 3 Star-1606 discovered on 14 July 2012 by Italian and Spanish researchers of CSIC and Catalogna's space studies institute.

In May 2012, it was reported that Swiss and Italian police investigating " a network of personal and business relationships " allegedly used for " international corruption " were looking at the activities of Enviro Pacific Investments which charges " multi-million pound fees " to energy companies wishing to deal with Kazakhstan.

* Pietro Sermonti in the 2012 Italian TV series