* 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 )

On 1 May 2012, Roy Hodgson was revealed as the new manager, just six weeks before Euro 2012.

* 2012 – Roy Shaw, English businessman and boxer ( b. 1936 )

Members of the Township Council are Council President John A. Spiech ( R, 2014 ), Vice President Harry Williams ( R, 2014 ), Samuel A. Alderisio ( R, 2012 ), H. Lisa DiGiulio ( R, 2012 ), Charles J. Jandris ( R, 2012 ), Roy B. Larson ( R, 2014 ) and John Roth ( R, 2012 ).

Member of the Roselle Borough Council are Council President Yves Aubourg ( Ward 1, 2014 ), Roy Locke ( Ward 5, 2012 ), Randy Sandifer ( Ward 3, 2014 ), Christine Dansereau ( Council at Large, 2012 ), Kim Shaw ( Ward 4, 2013 ) and Sylvia Turnage ( Ward 2, 2012 ).

Milner played in six matches during qualifying for Euro 2012, and was named in Roy Hodgson's 23-man squad for the tournament.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

Brockovich and her team traveled to Le Roy in January 2012 to investigate further.

Since Kopay, only three additional former NFL Players have come out as gay, Roy Simmons in 1992, Esera Tuaolo in 2002 and Wade Davis in 2012.

KCET's 2012 schedule includes, " Open Call ," a weekly series showcasing arts and culture in Southern California hosted by opera sensation Suzanna Guzman ; expansion of its interview program, LA Tonight with Roy Firestone ; as well as Your Turn to Care, a four-part documentary about caregivers hosted by Holly Robinson Peete and its complementary online site: www. yourturntocare. org ; BBC crime drama Inspector George Gently ; and Classic Cool Theater, a showcase of classic films, cartoons and newsreels.

They are also one of the most successful CHL teams in terms of NHL alumni with over 140 players including Mike Richards, Dale Hunter, David Clarkson, Steve Mason, Derek Roy, Steve Downie, 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner, 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog, and Hall of Famers Scott Stevens, Bill Barber, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis.

As of August 2012, Roy Rogers had 49 stores: 20 Corporate and 29 Franchised.

As of 2012, there are 20 company-owned Roy Rogers Restaurants, while franchisees operate the rest.

Subsequently, on 2 May 2012, the " New Straits Times " published an article written by Roy See Wei Zhi and headed " Observer under scrutiny ".

For the civic year 2012 / 2013 the Mayor of Antrim is Roy Thompson ( DUP ) and the Deputy Mayor was Roderick Swann ( UUP ).

In June 2012, the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church of North America voted to appoint Michael K. Le Roy as the president of Calvin College, succeeding President Gaylen J. Byker.

On August 19, 2012, HSN co-founder Roy Speer died after a long illness.

On March 13, 2012, Karl Roy reportedly died due to cardiac arrest.