* 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 )

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

* The Malice of Fortune ( 2012 ) by Michael Ennis

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.

* Miller, Michael D. and Schulz, Andreas ( 2012 ).

* 2012 – J. Michael Riva, American production designer ( b. 1948 )

* 1942 – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun ( d. 2012 )

* 1952 – Michael O ' Hare, American actor ( d. 2012 )

* 1918 – Michael Rye, American voice actor ( d. 2012 )

* 1929 – Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, English-South African bishop ( d. 2012 )

* 1936 – Michael Hurll, English television producer ( d. 2012 )

Although Ibsen died in 2008, her son Michael gave a mouth-swab sample to the research team on 24 August 2012.

* 2012 – Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, English-South African bishop ( b. 1929 )

* 2012 – Michael Hurll, English television producer ( b. 1936 )

Star Michael Biehn signing a copy of the film's DVD cover during an August 23, 2012 appearance at Midtown Comics in Manhattan.

** Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor ( d. 2012 )

* August 11 – Sir Michael Kerry, QC, British civil servant, former Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor ( d. 2012 )

May also revealed that a series of duets that Mercury recorded with Michael Jackson are to be released in 2012.

Michael Ondaatje stated in an interview on BBC Radio 4 broadcast 9 August 2012, that most people think this comment is attributed to Kip, but it was in fact Caravaggio.

Star Michael Biehn signing a copy of the film's DVD cover during an August 23, 2012 appearance at Midtown Comics in Manhattan.

Donegal's inter-county football team have won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title twice ( in 1992 and 2012 ). Donegal emerged victorious from the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final on 23 September 2012 to take the Sam Maguire Cup for the second time, with early goals from Michael Murphy and Kevin ' Duck ' Mc Dermott shattering a weak Mayo resistance.

New York ’ s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and New York University ’ s President John Sexton on April 23, 2012, announced an historic agreement between New York City, New York ’ s MTA, and a consortium of world-class academic institutions, and private technology companies, that will lead to the creation in New York of a Center for Urban Science and Progress ( CUSP ).

“ The Netherlands under Napoleonic rule: A New Regime or a Revived Order ?” in The Napoleonic Empire and the new European political culture edited by Michael Broers, Agustı ´ n Guimera and Peter Hicks, ( 2012 )