* 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 – Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist ( b. 1927 )

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

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 ).

As Amani Elobeid and John Beghin note, the world price might decline by as much as 48 % ( by 2011 / 2012 baselines ) were these distortions to be removed

The rivalry has intensified when Indians closer Chris Perez used WWE star John Cena's signature " You can't see me " hand gesture towards KC outfielder Jarrod Dyson after striking him out in a game on May 28, 2012.

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore had been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle ( 2012 ), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

* 1918 – John Celardo, American comic strip artist ( d. 2012 )

In February 2012, Fabio Capello resigned from his role as England manager, following a disagreement with the FA over their request to remove John Terry from team captaincy after accusations of racial abuse concerning the player.

: John Carter ( 2012 )

In July 2012, Jarmusch began shooting a new film, Only Lovers Left Alive, with Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, and John Hurt.

* 1949 – John Turner, English cricketer ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – John T. Cunningham, American journalist, historian, and writer ( b. 1915 )

* 2012 – John Medlin, American businessman ( b. 1933 )

* 2012 – Caroline John, English actress ( b. 1940 )

* 2012 – John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott ( b. 1924 )

On January 20, 2012, hired John Bonamego, as special teams coordinator.

* 1944 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian politician, 3rd President of Ghana ( d. 2012 )

Charles Babbage, Alan Turing und John von Neumann Oldenbourg Verlag, München 2012, XXVI, 224 Seiten, ISBN 978-3-486-71366-4

* 1928 – John Ingle, American actor ( d. 2012 )

* John Carter ( 2012 ) – A Disney-produced reimagining of the John Carter stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

* 2012 – John C. Reiss, American Roman Catholic prelate, former Bishop of Trenton ( b. 1922 )

* 1989 – John McCarthy, Australian footballer ( d. 2012 )

The team planned to wear the black jerseys and caps as an occasional road alternate in 2012 ; instead they were worn at home for games in which former players John Franco and Edgardo Alfonzo were honored.

John Parkinson and Jane Mansbridge ( Cambridge University Press, 2012 ), pp. 1-26.