* 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 )

David Irving wrote an obituary for her on his website the day after her death in 2012.

For his work, Pande was awarded the 2012 Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators for " developing field-defining and field-changing computational methods to produce leading theoretical models for protein and RNA folding " as well as the 2006 Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award for his simulation results which " have stimulated a re-examination of the meaning of both ensemble and single-molecule measurements, making Dr. Pande ’ s efforts pioneering contributions to simulation methodology.

On July 30, 2012 ; South Irving Station was renamed as Downtown Irving / Heritage Crossing Station as part of the service changes effective for that date to better reflect new identities created by their evolving neighborhoods or surrounding developments.

In 2012, Irving digitally self-published 12 of his works, some of which had never been published before, including I Remember Amnesia, Jailing: the Prison Memoirs of 00040, and Bloomberg Discovers America.

At the Bamboozle Festival, and on the band's Facebook page, Jorgenson announced that three more shows would be played: July 14, 2012 at Irving Plaza in New York City, July 20, 2012 at The Glass House in Pomona, California, and July 22, 2012 at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois.

With an estimated net worth of $ US 5 billion ( as of March 2012 ), James Irving ( with his brother Arthur ) was ranked by Forbes as the 3rd wealthiest person in Canada and 205th in the world.

* Stephen G. Emerson ( born 1953 ), American stem cell biologist and clinical hematologist / oncologist ; president of Haverford College from 2007 to 2011 ; as of 2012, director of Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center

In addition, the owners of the luxury condominium apartments at 57 Irving Place, which was completed in 2012, will have key access to the park, despite being located several blocks from the park, by becoming members of the Players Club.

Irving Stoy Reed ( November 12, 1923 in Seattle, Washington-September 11, 2012 ) was a mathematician and engineer.

Members of the Woolwich Township Committee are Mayor Sam Maccarone ( term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Jonathan Fein ( 2012 ), Joe Chila ( 2011 ), Ted Otten ( 2011 ) and John Descano ( 2013 ).

In a 2012 interview with The News Letter, McDonnell criticised Sinn Fein. He said the party were run along " Soviet Style " lines where there was a military structure and putting former terrorists into positions of power.

* 2012 – Paul McCracken, American economist ( b. 1915 )

* 1921 – William Asher, American director, screenwriter, and producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1926 – John Silber, American academic ( d. 2012 )

* 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter ( d. 2012 )

* 1949 – Ron Palillo, American actor ( d. 2012 )

* 1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality ( d. 2012 )

* 1930 – Ben Gazzara, American actor ( d. 2012 )

* 1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2012 )

* 1919 – Vondell Darr, American actress ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Martin Poll, American movie producer ( b. 1922 )

* 1931 – Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer ( d. 2012 )

* 1954 – Vance Heafner, American golfer ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Matt Branam, American academic, 14th president of Rose – Hulman Institute of Technology ( b. 1954 )

* 2012 – George Cowan, American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist ( b. 1920 )

* 1939 – Charlie Rose, American politician ( d. 2012 )

* 1958 – Michael Dokes, American boxer ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Bill Skowron, American baseball player ( b. 1930 )