* 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 )

In August 2012, Steven Barker, Ethan McIlHenny, and Rick Strassman, developed a new method to measure the three known endogenous hallucinogens and their major N-oxide metabolites in blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, ocular fluid and / or other tissues by using state-of-the-art liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry ( LC / MS ) equipment.

In June 2012, it was announced that producer Kathleen Kennedy, a long-term collaborator with Steven Spielberg and a producer of the Indiana Jones films, had been appointed as co-chair of Lucasfilm Ltd.

* Steven H. Resnicoff, Understanding Jewish Law, LexisNexis, 2012.

* Lincoln ( 2012 film ), an in-development film by Steven Spielberg

* 1951 – Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter ( d. 2012 )

Anesthesia & Analgesia went on to publish 11 additional manuscripts by Dr. Fujii following the 2000 allegations of research fraud, with Editor Steven Shafer stating in March 2012 that subsequent submissions to the Journal by Dr. Fujii should not have been published without first vetting the allegations of fraud.

* On April 17, 2012, the Space Shuttle Discovery was ferried to Dulles mounted to a NASA 747-100 as part of its decommissioning and installation in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

** Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director ( d. 2012 )

It was later visually restored and was on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center until April 19, 2012.

On April 19, 2012, Glenn participated in the ceremonial transfer of the retired Space Shuttle Discovery from NASA to the Smithsonian Institution for permanent display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Success of the film has finally spawned a sequel starring Steven Seagal, Hard to Kill 2, filming Summer 2012.

As of 2012, Exit Wounds is the last Steven Seagal movie to be distributed by Warner Bros.

He was played by David Strathairn in the 2012 Steven Spielberg film Lincoln.

Sarah Williams Goldhagen ( 2012 ) celebrated the work of innovative architecture firms such as WOHA ( based in Singapore ), Mass Studies ( based in Seoul ), Amateur Architecture Studio ( based in Hangzhou ), and the New York City-based Steven Holl in the transformation of residential towers into " vertical communities " or " vertical cities in the sky " providing aesthetic, unusually-designed silhouettes on the skyline, comfortable private spaces and attractive public spaces.

Members of the Alpine Borough Council are Council President Vicki Frankel ( D, 2012 ), Michael Cacouris ( D, 2012 ), Paul Garjian ( D, 2014 ), Gayle Gerstein ( D, 2013 ), Sidney Merians ( D, 2013 ) and Steven Ornstein ( D, 2014 ).

Members of the Beachwood Borough Council are Council President Beverly Clayton ( R, 2012 ), Gregory Feeney ( R, 2014 ), Steven Komsa ( R, 2014 ), Gerald W. LaCrosse ( R, 2013 ), Thomas Miserendino ( R, 2012 ) and Edward Zakar ( R, 2013 )

Members of the Lakehurst Borough Council are Council President Harry Robbins ( R, 2012 ), James Davis ( R, 2012 ), Pat Ford ( R, 2011 ), Sidney Hooper ( R, 2011 ), Glenn McComas ( R, 2013 ) and Steven Oglesby ( R, 2013 ).

, the members of the Lakewood Township Committee are Mayor Menashe Miller ( R, term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Albert Akerman ( R, 2013 ), Raymond Coles ( D, 2014 ), Steven Langert R, 2014 ) and Meir Lichtenstein ( D, 2012 ).

Members of the Elmer Borough Council are Council President Lewis M. Schneider ( 2012 ), and Lynda Davis ( 2012 ), Randal S. Long ( 2012 ), Cynthia C. Nolan ( 2012 ), Steven A. Schalick ( 2013 ) and James W. Zee III ( 2013 ).