* 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 )

The musical version of The Nutty Professor was scheduled for a pre-Broadway tryout to open in Nashville on July 24, 2012 and played for seven weeks.

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Nashville was on January 21, 1985, and the highest was on June 29, 2012.

* Nashville ( 2012 TV series ), an upcoming ABC drama series

Former Republican Representative Virgil Goode ( VA-5 ) was nominated at the convention in Nashville, Tennessee on April 22, 2012.

Four cubs were born at the Nashville Zoo in 2012.

Scruggs died from natural causes on the morning of March 28, 2012, in a Nashville hospital.

His funeral was held on Sunday, April 1, 2012, at the Ryman Auditorium, former home of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee at 2pm and was open to the public.

On March 31, 2012, the Blackhawks clinched the playoffs with a 5-4 win over the Nashville Predators.

One inventory in June 2012 found the following species: ovenbird, Eastern Whip-poor-will, wilson's snipe, alder flycatcher, Warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo, winter wren, wood thrush, American robin, veery, gray catbird, common yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided Warbler, northern waterthrush, Black-throated Green Warbler, northern parula, American Redstart, white-throated sparrow, indigo bunting, red-winged blackbird, American goldfinch, osprey, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Virginia Rail, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Chimney Swift, Belted Kingfisher, Marsh Wren, House Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Pine Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Savannah Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, bank swallow, cliff swallow, barn swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ruffed Grouse, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Lincoln's Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Canada Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Morning Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Albert Livingston Hadley Jr. ( 8 November 1920 – 29 March 2012 ) was an American interior designer and decorator born in in Springfield, Tennessee, north of Nashville.

Her funeral was held in Nashville, Tennessee on May 23, 2012.

The two Morristown teams, the team from Nashville ( 1970 ), the team from the city of Jackson ( 1974 ), and the team from the city of Goodlettsville ( 2012 ), are the only Tennessee teams to advance to the series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The 2012 convention is taking place in Nashville, Tennessee.

The list of 19 markets identified by Gross in December ( not including North Carolina and Ohio where the 2012 teams are set to go ) include, in alphabetical order: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville ( Tenn .), Orange County ( Calif .), Orlando ( Fla .), Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City and Virginia Beach ( Va .).

In February 2012, the group was called on short notice to replace an ailing Marvin Hamlisch at a concert with the Nashville Symphony.

Nashville International Airport has four runways, the longest of which is long, a size adequate to handle all aircraft in service in 2012.

* Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee ( seven -- six as of 2012 -- communities within Davidson County retain separate governments, although all participate in the metropolitan government in a two-tier system )

However, Womack parted ways with MCA Nashville in August 2012, leaving the future of the album unknown.

The Nashville Network, usually referred to as TNN, is an upcoming American country music-oriented digital broadcast television network that will launch on November 1, 2012.

On April 16, 2012, it was announced that Luken Communications and Jim Owens Entertainment will relaunch The Nashville Network as a digital broadcast television network on November 1, 2012.

Traded to the Montreal Canadiens by the Nashville Predators on February 17, 2012, Blake Geoffrion has decided to honour both his grand-father Geoffrion, and great-grand-father Morenz, by wearing # 57 ...

In March 2012 it was announced Panettiere had been cast on the upcoming ABC musical drama pilot Nashville and will portray Juliette Barnes.