* 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 2012, a graphic adaptation of the Book of Esther was illustrated by J. T. Waldman and appeared in volume one of The Graphic Canon, edited by Russ Kick and published by Seven Stories Press.

* Haaparanta, Leila and Koskinen, Heikki J., 2012.

* Moran, D. and Cohen, J., 2012, The Husserl Dictionary.

The film, Last Paradise, was launched in 2012 as an " original footage " history of extreme sports culture and adventure travel over 45 years, including the origins of extreme surfing, skiing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, windsurfing, hang gliding and kiteboarding, to the first commercialization of bungee jumping by A. J. Hackett, and his famed jump from the Eiffel Tower.

In the 2012 action film Premium Rush, the character of the corrupt cop Bobby Monday ( played by Michael Shannon ) repeatedly uses the alias " Forrest J.

* van Zanden J. L. An Economic History of Indonesia: 1800-2010 ( Routledge, 2012 )

In March 2012, Bacon was featured 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 Charles J. Cooper.

On 20 July 2012, Stanford University and the J. Craig Venter Institute announced successful simulation of the complete life cycle of a Mycoplasma genitalium cell, in the journal Cell.

* 1923 – Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral ( d. 2012 )

* Kircanski, K., Morazavi, A., Castriotta, N., Baker, A. S., Mystkowski, J. L., Yi, R., & Craske, M. G. ( 2012 ).

* Ong, A. D., Rothstein, J. D., & Uchino, B. N. ( 2012 ).

* Pietschnig, J., Nader, I. W., & Gittler, G. ( 2012 ).

* van Dooren, M., de Vries, J. J. G., & Janssen, J. H. ( 2012 ).

* 2012 – The first day of a series of protests and attacks ; in which the U. S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths, including J. Christopher Stevens ; the U. S. ambassador to Libya.

* 1926 – J. Frank Raley, American politician ( d. 2012 )

In the May / June 2012 issue of Film Comment, J. Hoberman calls the spaghetti Western the " greatest genre ever.

* Robert J. McCarthy, Blowing in the Wind: Answers for Federal Whistleblowers, 3 WILLIAM & MARY POLICY REVIEW 184 ( 2012 ).

** Walter J. Zable, American founder and CEO of Cubic Corporation ( d. 2012 )

** Julien J. LeBourgeois, American vice admiral ( d. 2012 )

From March 2012 Jones has appeared on the BBC talent show The Voice UK, where he is a judge alongside Jessie J, will. i. am and Danny O ' Donoghue of The Script.

* Betzer, Sarah E., & Ingres, J .- A .- D. ( 2012 ).

A January 28, 2012 attempt by Occupy Oakland protesters to overtake the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center resulted in hundreds of arrests by police, and that evening a break-in by vandals to Oakland City Hall resulted in damage to artwork and the building itself.