* 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 )

* April 14, 2012: the St. Louis Blues won 3 – 0 over the San Jose Sharks with Jaroslav Halak who left the game after a collision with teammate Barret Jackman in the second period.

Jaroslav Velinský ( December 18, 1932 – February 19, 2012 ) was a Czech science fiction and detective writer, publisher, songwriter and musician.

* Jaroslav Šabata ( 1927 – 2012 )-politician, dissident, human rights activist

* Jaroslav Kulhavý ( born 1985 ), mountain biker, Olympics winner 2012

* Kurzweil, Jaroslav ( 2012 ).

Velinský died of lung cancer in Ústí nad Labem in February 2012, aged 79.

The Czech President Václav Klaus rejected the term " euroscepticism ", with its purported negative undertones, saying ( at a meeting in April 2012 ) that the expressions for a eurosceptic and his opponent should be " a Euro-realist " and someone who is " Euro-naïve " ( respectively ).

* 2012 – Bohuslav Ceplecha, Czech race car driver ( b. 1977 )

* 2012 – Zita Kabátová, Czech actress ( b. 1913 )

On 14 September, 2012, the government of the Czech Republic banned all sales of liquor with more than 20 % alcohol.

* 1952 – Jakub Polák, Czech activist ( d. 2012 )

* 1932 – Radoslav Brzobohatý, Czech actor ( d. 2012 )

Underhill's multilingual studies of key concepts, truth, love, hate & war, ( in ' Ethnolinguistics & Cultural Concepts ', Cambridge UP 2012 ) investigate the uniqueness of each of these concepts in different languages ( English, French, German and Czech ).

:* As of 29 May 2012, Norwegian relocated its international flights from Terminal 2 to Terminal 5 ousting Air France and Czech Airlines to Terminal 2.

Despite a period of three years in the wilderness, he always believed that he would return to the national team and, in September 2009 he was called-up to the squad for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Slovakia by interim manager Stefan Majewski: after being on the bench for the first match in Prague, which saw Poland's slim World Cup hopes shattered, Dudek won his 59th cap against the latter on 14 October, in Poland's final competitive game before Euro 2012: in a match which was played in heavy snow and in front of a near-empty Stadion Slaski in Chorzów, he was denied a clean sheet by a Seweryn Gancarczyk own goal, as Poland lost 0 – 1.

In January 2012, Oreo became available in Czech supermarkets and shops, promoted with a huge advertising campaign.

After 15 consecutive Super Cups being played at Stade Louis II in Monaco between 1998 and 2012, from 2013 onwards, the Super Cup will be played at various stadiums ( similar to the finals of the Champions League and the Europa League ), starting with the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, which is scheduled to be played at Eden Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.

Dunphy blasted Giovanni Trapattoni as " amateurish and arrogant " and said Ireland's performance against the Czech Republic on 29 February 2012 was " embarrassing ".

Until 2012, the office of president was filled following an indirect election by the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

The Czech & Slovak version titled " Hotel Paradise " premiered on March 5, 2012 in Czech Republic on Prima Love and in Slovakia on TV JOJ.

* UEFA Euro 2012 Man of the Match ( 2 ): Portugal vs Netherlands, Czech Republic vs Portugal

Through 35 TechSoup Global Network Partner NGOs and regional affiliates, the TechSoup technology donation program is now ( June 30, 2012 ) available to community-based organizations in a total of 39 countries in addition to the United States, including: Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

On May 4, 2012, at age 40, Nedvěd returned to the Czech Republic national team in the 2012 IIHF World Championship hosted in Finland and Sweden.

On May 10, 2012 Nedvěd became the oldest Team Czech Republic player to score a goal in World Championship.

2012 – After the appointment of former Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Hapal as manager, the club sees a dramatic change in fortune.

On 1 June 2012 in a friendly tier Hungary beat the Czech Republic by 2-1.

On July 24th, 2012 it was announced through their official website that the band will be retiring the Norther name, making their final appearance at Brutal Assault festival in Czech Republic on August 10th, 2012.