* 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 2012 Northern Territory General Election resulted in the party winning 16 out of 25 seats under the leadership of Terry Mills, defeating the Incumbent Labor Government lead by Paul Henderson.

Congressman Paul Ryan cites Kemp as a mentor, and mentioned him in his acceptance speech as the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee in 2012.

* 2012 – Paul McBride, British lawyer ( b. c. 1965 )

* Gosselin, Paul ( 2012 ) Flight From the Absolute: Cynical Observations on the Postmodern West.

* Hopkin, Paul " Fundamentals of Risk Management 2nd Edition " Kogan-Page ( 2012 ) ISBN 978-0-7494-6539-1

* 1915 – Paul Ch ' eng Shih-kuang, Taiwanese bishop ( d. 2012 )

A music video, directed by Paul Boyd, was released to country music channels CMT and GAC in March 2012.

Famous examples include Yasser Arafat in 2004, Pope John Paul II in 2005, Fidel Castro in late 2006 and early 2007, and Hosni Mubarak in 2012.

In May 2012, a Belarusian production directed by Anastasia Grinenko ( Belarus ), with choreography by Paul Emerson ( USA ) and Dmitry Yakubovich ( Belarus ) opened at the Belarus State Musical Theatre.

* June 20 – Paul Pietsch, German racer and magazine magnate ( d. 2012 )

William Paul Thurston ( October 30, 1946 – August 21, 2012 ) was an American mathematician.

* Castagno, Paul C. " New Playwriting Strategies: Language and Media in the 21st Century ," ( Routledge 2012 ).

In 2012, Aniston appeared in Wanderlust with Paul Rudd, with whom she co-starred in the 1998 movie The Object of My Affection and also Friends.

* 2012 Tom Hiddleston as Henry, John Hurt as Chorus, Paul Ritter as Pistol

The only recent films shot entirely on 65 mm stock are Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet ( 1996 ), Ron Fricke's Baraka ( 1992 ), and its sequel Samsara ( 2011 ) and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master ( 2012 ).

In May 2012, Paul Simon performed at a benefit dinner for the Turkana Basin Institute in New York City, raising more than $ 2 million for Richard Leakey's research institute in Africa.

* J. Paul Hogan ( 1919 – 2012 ), American chemist ( plastics inventor )

The Catholic News Agency ( CNA ), in an online news story article posted by Alejandro Bermudez on Saturday, March 31, 2012, stated that, in response to a specific request made personally to Cuban President Raul Castro by Pope Benedict XVI, during his Apostolic Visitation of Leon, Mexico and the island in March of 2012, following the pattern of small advances in Church-Cuban relations, it was decreed by the Communist Party and Castro and his advisers that in 2012, Good Friday would be made a holiday, with a possibility that the move could perhaps be made permanent ( following the move of the late Pope John Paul II, who got Fidel Castro to declare Christmas Day a holiday-which is still the case-due to a personal request during his landmark trip in 1998 ).

In 2012 the on-air line-up consists of " The B Team " ( breakfast ) ( Leroy Brown & Paul " chicken " Dyer ), Marisa ( 9am-2pm ), Aiden ( 2pm-4pm ) and " The Departure Lounge " ( 4pm-6pm with Aiden & Leigh ).

" In 2011, Ventura expressed interest in running with Ron Paul for the 2012 presidential elections if the latter decided to run as an independent.

He ’ s thinking, ‘ If I run as the vice presidential candidate under Ron Paul in 2012, I could run as a presidential candidate in 2016.

On December 29, 2011, Ventura announced his support for Ron Paul on the Alex Jones Show for the 2012 Presidential Election as " the only anti-war candidate.