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 ).

The Antarctic hosts the world largest protected area comprising 1. 07 million km < sup > 2 </ sup >, the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protection Area created in 2012.

During the 1980s, mandated regulations not unlike Public, educational, and government access ( PEG ) channels created the beginning of the Cable-originated live television program that evolved into what we know today in 2012 where many cable networks provide live cable-only broadcasts of many varieties, cable-only produced television movies, and miniseries.

In an interview with Eurostar's Chief Executive Nicolas Petrovic in the Financial Times in May 2012, an intention for Eurostar to serve ten new destinations was expressed, including Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Cologne, Lyon, Marseille and Geneva, along with a likely second hub to be created in Brussels.

* In early June 2012, Paramount released a graphic poster, created by Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, that celebrated their centenary with 100 films represented as badges around their logo.

At the 2012 WSIA Summit in Snow board of directors meeting the creation of a parasail committee chaired by Daytona Beach Parasail's president, Matthew Dvorak was created.

* 1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer, created Soul Train ( d. 2012 )

In January 2012, UPEACE created a new Centre at The Hague, Netherlands ( UPEACE The Hague ), which is housed at the Academy Building of the Peace Palace, next to The Hague Academy of International Law.

In the spring of 2012 Taco Bell teamed up with Frito Lay and created the Doritos Locos Tacos, which is a supreme taco with a Nacho Cheesier Dorito taco shell and coming later in the fall of 2012 a Cool Ranch taco shell.

On July 7, 2012, at their annual convention, the National Council of the Japanese American Citizens League unanimously ratified the Power of Words Handbook, calling for the use of "... truthful and accurate terms, and retiring the misleading euphemisms created by the government to cover up the denial of Constitutional and human rights, the force, oppressive conditions, and racism against 120, 000 innocent people of Japanese ancestry locked up in America ’ s World War II concentration camps.

** HIH Princess Fatma Neslişah Osmanoğlu Sultan ( Istanbul, Nişantaşı, Nişantaşı Palace, 4 February 1921 – 1 April 2012 ), married in Heliopolis Palace, Cairo, on 26 September 1940 to her cousin HE Damat HH Prince / HRH Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim Beyefendi ( Alexandria, Montaza Palace, 20 February 1899 – Istanbul, 1 / 2 December 1979, buried in Cairo ), Heir Apparent to the Throne of Egypt from 1899 to 1914, created HH in 1922, created HRH in 1952, Regent of Egypt from 1952 to 1953, and had issue.

In spite of the event's strong pedigree in the modern Olympics, and its status as the only event created specifically for the modern Olympic Games, its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, keeps it in the Olympic program at least until 2012.

Another experiment in 2011 created one of its daughters using a different method, partially proving the results of the discovery experiment, and the original experiment was repeated successfully in 2012.

Sufficiently heavy-enough nuclei have not been created as of 2012, however, and, in a table of nuclides, they are usually shown to the left to the " island " rather than on it.

It was expected that one new city would be created, however " in recognition of the significance of every part of the UK " in Jubilee year, as well as the " high quality " of the bids submitted it was announced on 14 March 2012 that there would be three new cities created.

There are currently 69 officially designated cities in the UK, of which eleven have been created since 2000 in competitions to celebrate the new millennium and Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee in 2002 and Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

On August 15, 2012, it was revealed that HP had created a wholly owned subsidiary, Gram, made up of the remaining components of Palm.

On August 15, 2012, it was revealed that HP had created a wholly owned subsidiary, Gram, made up of the remaining components of Palm.

As of 2012, mods depicting the, and Formula 1 seasons, 1967 World Sportscar Championship season and 1967 Formula 2 season have been created.

After studying the oscillatory motion in conducting technique of Celibidache collected in The Upbeat, created a simulator of conducting " The sine metronome sphaira " like a metronome, with the programmers Jon Unibaso ( 2008 – 2009 ) Vanessa Gomez ( 2010 – 2012 ) and Oscar Fernández ( 2012-) creating the first oscillatory motion of a ball, metronome.

In March 2012, the City Council created a new annual event, called FunFest, to be celebrated in Rotary Park every October.

In February 2012, the council selected Jonathan Norcross to fill the vacancy created when David Hansell became mayor.

In 2012, Canadian Progressive Rock trio Rush released their first full-length concept album, Clockwork Angels.

As of February 2012, it has been established that Spinney will be the subject of a full-length documentary by Copper Pot Pictures called I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, set to be released in 2013.

On March 12, 2012, The Hives made an official announcement detailing their upcoming fifth full-length album, Lex Hives.

Derek Ansell's full-length biography of McLean, Sugar Free Saxophone ( London: Northway Books, 2012 ), details the story of his career and provides a full analysis of his music on record.

Her sophomore full-length, titled The Bright Side, was released through Fantasy Records on May 15, 2012.

* Manala, eighth full-length by Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani, released in 2012

Categorized as an indie rock band, the Jealous Sound released its second full-length album, A Gentle Reminder, on January 31, 2012.

On April 24, 2012, their first full-length studio album, Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves, was released through MapleMusic Recordings.

Disney and Tim Burton produced a full-length remake using stop motion animation, which is set for release on October 5, 2012 in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D.

and are to release a full-length album in 2012.

As of 2012, the band has released one demo, one single, and seven full-length studio albums.

The show will mark the first time Crazy Horse has performed live since the MusiCares benefit honoring Paul McCartney in Los Angeles in February 2012 and will be the first full-length public live performance by the band since the Greendale tour in 2004.

The band's tenth full-length studio album, The Scarred People, is expected to be released on November 2, 2012 through Napalm Records.

Greig Nori produced Organ Thieves ' first full-length studio album Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves, which was recorded between 2010 – 2012 and released on April 3, 2012.

The sixth full-length Four Tet album, Pink, consisting of eight tracks, six of them already released as singles, was released on 20 August 2012 through Hebden's own record label, Text Records.

A full-length novel by Magrs featuring Iris and Panda, Enter Wildthyme, was published by Snowbooks in 2011, and a sequel-Wildthyme Beyond-released in 2012.

On January 23, 2012 the band announced via their official Twitter page that they had set up camp at The Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, Colorado to record their new full-length album with Bill Stevenson producing.

In February 2012 Ill Niño announced that they are preparing to enter the studio to begin laying down its sixth full-length album for a summer release via Victory Records.

A full-length album titled ' Talkie Walkie ' was released in 2007, and another album in 2012 entitled ' Sophmore ' for digital download.

On January 9, 2012, the band began recording their fifth full-length album with producer and former keyboard player, Matt Bayles.

On June 21, 2012, Dangerbird Records announced that their fifth full-length studio album, Infinity Overhead would be released August 28, 2012.

Poets and Madmen is a heavy metal album released in 2001 by the band Savatage, the band's eleventh full-length release overall and as of 2012, their last studio album.