2012 in the United States

none February 2026 December 2020 2012 2012 Events in the year 2012 in the United States. yes center 3 Incumbents Federal government President: Barack Obama (D-Illinois) Vice President: Joe Biden (D-Delaware) Chief Justice: John Roberts (Maryland)John Roberts Biography http://www.biography.com/people/john-roberts-20681147 biography.com A&E Television Networks February 28, 2016 February 23, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160223114910/http://www.biography.com/people/john-roberts-20681147 live Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Boehner (R-Ohio) Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid (D-Nevada) Congress: 112th State governments Governors and lieutenant governors Governors 30em Governor of Alabama: Robert J. Bentley (Republican) Governor of Alaska: Sean Parnell (Republican) Governor of Arizona: Jan Brewer (Republican) Governor of Arkansas: Mike Beebe (Democratic) Governor of California: Jerry Brown (Democratic) Governor of Colorado: John Hickenlooper (Democratic) Governor of Connecticut: Dannel Malloy (Democratic) Governor of Delaware: Jack Markell (Democratic) Governor of Florida: Rick Scott (Republican) Governor of Georgia: Nathan Deal (Republican) Governor of Hawaii: Neil Abercrombie (Democratic) Governor of Idaho: Butch Otter (Republican) Governor of Illinois: Pat Quinn (Democratic) Governor of Indiana: Mitch Daniels (Republican) Governor of Iowa: Terry E. Branstad (Republican) Governor of Kansas: Sam Brownback (Republican) Governor of Kentucky: Steve Beshear (Democratic) Governor of Louisiana: Bobby Jindal (Republican) Governor of Maine: Paul LePage (Republican) Governor of Maryland: Martin O'Malley (Democratic) Governor of Massachusetts: Deval Patrick (Democratic) Governor of Michigan: Rick Snyder (Republican) Governor of Minnesota: Mark Dayton (Democratic) Governor of Mississippi: Haley Barbour (Republican) (until January 10), Phil Bryant (Republican) (starting January 10) Governor of Missouri: Jay Nixon (Democratic) Governor of Montana: Brian Schweitzer (Democratic) Governor of Nebraska: Dave Heineman (Republican) Governor of Nevada: Brian Sandoval (Republican) Governor of New Hampshire: John Lynch (Democratic) Governor of New Jersey: Chris Christie (Republican) Governor of New Mexico: Susana Martinez (Republican) Governor of New York: Andrew Cuomo (Democratic) Governor of North Carolina: Bev Perdue (Democratic) Governor of North Dakota: Jack Dalrymple (Republican) Governor of Ohio: John Kasich (Republican) Governor of Oklahoma: Mary Fallin (Republican) Governor of Oregon: John Kitzhaber (Democratic) Governor of Pennsylvania: Tom Corbett (Republican) Governor of Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee (Independent)/(Democratic) Governor of South Carolina: Nikki Haley (Republican) Governor of South Dakota: Dennis Daugaard (Republican) Governor of Tennessee: Bill Haslam (Republican) Governor of Texas: Rick Perry (Republican) Governor of Utah: Gary Herbert (Republican) Governor of Vermont: Peter Shumlin (Democratic) Governor of Virginia: Bob McDonnell (Republican) Governor of Washington: Christine Gregoire (Democratic) Governor of West Virginia: Earl Ray Tomblin (Democratic) Governor of Wisconsin: Scott Walker (Republican) Governor of Wyoming: Matt Mead (Republican) Lieutenant governors 30em Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Kay Ivey (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: Mead Treadwell (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Mark Darr (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of California: Gavin Newsom (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Joseph Garcia (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Nancy Wyman (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Matthew Denn (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Jennifer Carroll (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Casey Cagle (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: Brian Schatz (Democratic) (until December 27), Shan Tsutsui (Democratic) (starting December 27) Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Brad Little (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Sheila Simon (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Becky Skillman (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Kim Reynolds (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Jeff Colyer (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Jerry Abramson (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Jay Dardenne (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: Anthony Brown (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Tim Murray (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Brian Calley (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Yvonne Prettner Solon (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Phil Bryant (Republican) (until January 5), Tate Reeves (Republican) (starting January 5) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Peter Kinder (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Montana: John Bohlinger (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Rick Sheehy (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Brian Krolicki (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey: Kim Guadagno (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: John Sanchez (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of New York: Robert Duffy (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Walter Dalton (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Drew Wrigley (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Mary Taylor (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Todd Lamb (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Jim Cawley (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Elizabeth H. Roberts (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Ken Ard (Republican) (until March 9), Glenn F. McConnell (Republican) (starting March 9) Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Matt Michels (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Ron Ramsey (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Texas: David Dewhurst (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Utah: Greg Bell (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Phillip Scott (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Bill Bolling (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Brad Owen (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Rebecca Kleefisch (Republican) Events January January 1 – New laws that go into effect on January 1:http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/204842/new_year_brings_avalanche_of_40,000_new_laws.html New Year Brings Avalanche of 40,000 New Laws NewsRoomAmerica.com January 2, 2012 August 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011912/http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/204842/new_year_brings_avalanche_of_40,000_new_laws.html April 26, 2012 dead http://ivn.us/news/2012/01/03/happy-new-year-40000-new-laws-to-take-effect-in-2012/ Happy New Year: 40,000 new laws to take effect in 2012 – Independent Voter Network Ivn.us August 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120111054411/http://ivn.us/news/2012/01/03/happy-new-year-40000-new-laws-to-take-effect-in-2012/ January 11, 2012 dead Hawaii and Delaware's civil union laws go into effect.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/year-brings-same-sex-civil-unions-hawaii-delaware-article-1.999777 New York Daily News Christina Boyle Same-sex civil unions in Hawaii and Delaware January 2, 2012 Illinois allows motorcyclists the right to yield at red lights since magnetic streetlight sensors will not recognize motorcycles.http://wjbc.com/new-law-lets-bikes-run-red-lights-in-illinois/ New law lets bikes run red lights in Illinois Wjbc.com December 30, 2011 August 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120907182920/http://wjbc.com/new-law-lets-bikes-run-red-lights-in-illinois/ September 7, 2012 dead Utah bans discounts or specials on alcoholic drinks, essentially banning happy hour.Woodruff Mandi December 29, 2011 Utah Is Banning Happy Hours Starting In 2012 https://www.businessinsider.com/utah-is-banning-happy-hours-starting-in-2012-2011-12 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220624230544/https://www.businessinsider.com/utah-is-banning-happy-hours-starting-in-2012-2011-12 2022-06-24 2025-10-06 Business Insider Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado, Ohio, Vermont and Florida raise their minimum wage.http://wire.inc.com/2012/01/03/new-minimum-wage-increases-kick-in/ New Minimum Wage Increases Kick In " Inc. Wire Wire.inc.com January 3, 2012 August 18, 2012 https://archive.today/20120716053642/http://wire.inc.com/2012/01/03/new-minimum-wage-increases-kick-in/ July 16, 2012 dead San Francisco raises the minimum wage within its jurisdiction to over $10 per hour, making it the highest minimum wage in the country.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45819570 40,000 new laws to go into effect in 2012 - TODAY News - TODAY.com MSNBC December 31, 2011 August 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120501214400/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45819570/ns/us_news-life May 1, 2012 live California adds the historical contributions of sexual minorities and disabled people to its school curriculum. Kansas, Texas, Rhode Island, and Tennessee will now require photo identification for voters as a measure to combat voter fraud.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45819570 New laws toughen rules on abortions, immigrants, voters NBC News December 31, 2011 July 16, 2016 January 3 – Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum wins the Republican Iowa Caucus by a record low margin of 34 votes over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2012/01/19/register-exclusive-2012-gop-caucus-count-unresolved/ 2012 GOP caucus count unresolved July 16, 2016 January 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120119210248/http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2012/01/19/register-exclusive-2012-gop-caucus-count-unresolved/ dead January 4 – Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate, drops out of the race.2012-01-04 Michele Bachmann halts presidential campaign https://www.bbc.com/news/world-16416324 2025-11-21 BBC News en-gb January 5 – Classified documents are leaked detailing a range of advanced non-lethal weapons proposed or in development by the U.S. Armed Forces. Among the systems described are a laser-based weapon designed to divert hostile aircraft, an underwater sonic weapon for incapacitating SCUBA divers and a heat-based weapon designed to compel crowds to disperse.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16415007 US non-lethal weapon 'wish list' revealed on the net BBC News March 8, 2012 July 16, 2016 June 18, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190618014105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16415007 live January 9 – White House Chief of Staff William M. Daley steps down. The Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew takes his place.http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/09/politics/obama-daley-resigns/index.html CNN White House chief of staff stepping down - CNN.com January 10, 2012 January 10 Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour pardons 200 prisoners. On January 12, a Mississippi judge blocks the release of 21 of those inmates.https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mississippi-judge-blocks-release-of-21-inmates-given-pardons-by-gov-barbour/ Mississippi judge blocks release of 21 inmates given pardons by Gov. Barbour – Fox News Fox News January 12, 2012 July 16, 2016 Alaska sees record snowfall.https://www.foxnews.com/us/towns-seek-help-weathering-harsh-winter-even-by-alaskas-standards/ Towns Seek Help Weathering Harsh Winter (Even by Alaska's Standards) – Fox News Fox News January 10, 2012 July 16, 2016 The U.S. Supreme Court makes an 8–1 decision in Minneci v. Pollard that abused inmates cannot sue a privately, state-hired prison company in federal court. The ruling went against prisoner Richard Lee Pollard in a dispute of damages over a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, claiming that Wackenhut/GEO, a privately run federal prison in California, had deprived him of adequate medical care.https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1104.pdf supremecourt.gov MINNECI ET AL. v. POLLARD ET AL. January 10, 2012 Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer said that "... the existence of an Eighth Amendment-based damages action ... against ... a privately operated federal prison .. state tort law authorizes adequate alternative damages actions, ... actions that provide both significant deterrence and compensation ... For these reasons, where, as here, a federal prisoner seeks damages from privately employed personnel working at a privately operated federal prison, where the conduct allegedly amounts to a violation of the Eighth Amendment, and where that conduct is of a kind that typically falls within the scope of traditional state tort law (such as the conduct involving improper medical care at issue here), the prisoner must seek a remedy under state tort law. We cannot imply a Bivens remedy in such a case. The judgment of the Ninth Circuit is reversed." January 14 – Miss Wisconsin, Laura Kaeppeler, wins Miss America pageant.January 14, 2012 Miss America pageant crowns 2012 winner USA Today http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/01/miss-america-pageant-crowns-2012-winner-/1 January 14, 2012 October 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161013090358/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/01/miss-america-pageant-crowns-2012-winner-/1 live January 16 Zappos.com computer system is hacked, compromising the personal information of 24 million customers.Sullivan Bob 2012-01-16 Zappos says hacker may have accessed info on 24 million customers http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/zappos-says-hacker-may-have-accessed-info-24-million-customers-flna117884 2025-11-21 NBC News en Jon Huntsman, a Republican presidential candidate, drops out of the race.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16583218 Jon Huntsman drops out of Republican presidential race January 16, 2011 January 16, 2011 BBC News January 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120116180653/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16583218 live January 17 – Volunteers in Wisconsin submit more than a million signatures to start a recall election of Governor Scott Walker in protest of his public fight last year to restrict collective bargaining rights of public workers and his cuts in the social safety net.https://swampland.time.com/2012/01/18/behind-wisconsin-democrats-million-signature-show-of-force-in-walker-recall-effort/ Behind Wisconsin Democrats' Million-Signature Show of Force in Walker Recall Effort Time January 18, 2012 January 18 The U.S. Supreme Court makes a unanimous 9–0 decision that telephone consumers can gain standing in federal courts to sue abusive telephone marketers. The ruling went against Arrow Financial Services (Arrow), a debt-collection agency, in a dispute of standing over the federal jurisdiction of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991. The act was passed so that out-of-state telemarketers, by operating interstate, could not escape state-law prohibitions on intrusive nuisance calls. Petitioner Marcus D. Mims filed a damages action in Federal District Court, alleging that respondent Arrow, seeking to collect a debt, violated the TCPA by repeatedly using an automatic telephone dialing system or prerecorded or artificial voice to call Mims's cellular phone without his consent.https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1195.pdf supremecourt.gov MIMS v. ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC. January 18, 2012 Writing for the unanimous court, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that "We find no convincing reason to read into the TCPA's permissive grant of jurisdiction to state courts any barrier to the U. S. district courts' exercise of the general federal-question jurisdiction ... We hold, therefore, that federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction over private suits arising under the TCPA ... The Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing Mims's case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction ... The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion." The U.S. Supreme Court makes a 6–2 decision that restores copyright status to some foreign works previously in the public domain. The case challenges the constitutionality of the application of Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), a treaty seeking to equalize copyright protection on an international basis. The practical effect of the decision is that some works that were once free to use (such as Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Metropolis (1927), The Third Man (1949), the works of Igor Stravinsky, several works of H. G. Wells, including the film Things to Come (1936), as well as innumerable others) now must be paid for. The ruling went against Lawrence Golan, and many others, in a dispute of URAA bringing some works whose copyright had lapsed back under copyright.https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-545.pdf supremecourt.gov Golan v. Holder. January 18, 2012 June 27, 2017 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120122034054/http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-545.pdf live Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that "... (if there is) ... copyright protection abroad ... (then there must be given) ... the same full term of protection ... (in the) ...U. S. ... Congress did so in §514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), which grants copyright protection to preexisting works of Berne member countries, protected in their country of origin, but lacking protection in the United States ... The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is therefore affirmed." January 19 Kodak files for bankruptcy protection. Kodak is best known for its wide range of photographic film products.https://www.reuters.com/article/kodak-idUSL3E8CJ20N20120119 UPDATE 3-Kodak files for bankruptcy, secures $950 mln lifeline January 19, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate, drops out after seeing no way to continue his campaign past South Carolina.Philpott Ben 2012-01-19 Perry Drops Out Of Presidential Race https://www.npr.org/2012/01/19/145473355/perry-drops-out-of-presidential-race 2025-11-21 NPR en January 22 U.S. House Representative Gabby Giffords of Arizona announces her resignation from office to focus on her recovery after surviving an attempted assassination in 2011.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-gabrielle-giffords-resigning-from-congress/2012/01/22/gIQATOz1IQ_story.html Giffords resigning from Congress The Washington Post July 16, 2016 August 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160822064428/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-gabrielle-giffords-resigning-from-congress/2012/01/22/gIQATOz1IQ_story.html live Joe Paterno, the winningest football coach in Penn State history, dies at the age of 85 from lung cancer. January 23 The U.S. Supreme Court makes a unanimous 9–0 decision that government officials must obtain a search warrant permitting them to install a Global-Positioning-System (GPS) tracking device on citizens' private property. The ruling involves a Fourth Amendment case, the requirement of obtaining a valid warrant in searches by law enforcement. The court ruled in favor of Antoine Jones in a dispute that attaching a GPS device to private property in a public space still constitutes a search and therefore falls under the Fourth Amendment.https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1259.pdf supremecourt.gov UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. ANTOINE JONES January 23, 2012 June 27, 2017 February 28, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210228012326/http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1259.pdf live The opinion of the court was written by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia who said that "We decide whether the attachment of a Global-Positioning-System (GPS) tracking device to an individual's vehicle, and subsequent use of that device to monitor the vehicle's movements on public streets, constitutes a search or seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment ... The Fourth Amendment provides in relevant part that '[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.' It is beyond dispute that a vehicle is an 'effect' as that term is used in the Amendment. United States v. Chadwick, 433 U. S. 1, 12 (1977). We hold that the Government's installation of a GPS device on a target's vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle's movements, constitutes a 'search.'" An intense EF3 tornado strikes the northeastern part of the Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area, killing one person, injuring 75 others, and caused over $18 million in damage.National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Alabama Center Point (Jefferson/St. Clair) EF-3 Tornado January 23rd, 2012 https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_01232012centerpoint Center Point Tornado - January 23, 2012 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 9 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230909175741/https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_01232012centerpoint 9 September 2023 live January 24 President Barack Obama delivers his 2012 State of the Union Address. 84th Academy Awards: Nominations are announced at 5:38 am. PST (13:38 UTC) (8:38 am. EST) at Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Best Picture nominees are The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSMykXr2u8 Oscar Nominations 2012: Jean Dujardin, George Clooney, Octavia Spencer, Among Actors Honored ABC News January 24, 2012 July 16, 2016 YouTube February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010238/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSMykXr2u8 live January 25 – The Indiana House of Representatives passes right to work legislation, becoming the first state in the Rust Belt to pass such a measure.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-unions-righttowork-indiana-idUSTRE80O2NH20120125 Reuters Indiana state House approves right-to-work bill January 25, 2012 July 5, 2021 April 8, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230408081045/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-unions-righttowork-indiana-idUSTRE80O2NH20120125 live January 26 – The United States Department of Transportation requires airline companies to disclose in advance all price constituents.https://www.foxnews.com/travel/new-airline-pricing-rules-what-it-means-for-you/ New airline pricing rules: what it means for you – Fox News George Hobica Fox News January 25, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131839/http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2012/01/25/new-airline-pricing-rules-what-it-means-for/ live January 29 – 10 people die in a suspected arson on the Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, Florida.https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-highway-terror-revealed-911-tape/story?id=15471703 Florida Highway Terror That Killed 10: 'We Can't See' Matt Gutman Matthew Rosenbaum ABC News January 30, 2012 April 16, 2020 April 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115243/https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-highway-terror-revealed-911-tape/story?id=15471703 live January 30 – In Illinois, the Byron nuclear power plant loses power and is vented to reduce pressure, releasing radioactive steam.2012-01-31 Illinois: Reactor Is Shut After Power Loss (Published 2012) https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/energy-environment/illinois-reactor-is-shut-after-power-loss.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://web.archive.org/web/20251006185241/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/energy-environment/illinois-reactor-is-shut-after-power-loss.html?searchResultPosition=3 2025-10-06 2025-10-06 en January 31 – A teacher, Mark Berndt, is charged with molesting 23 Los Angeles elementary school students.http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/31/ex-la-teacher-charged-with-molesting-23-children/ Los Angeles teacher charged with molesting 23 kids – Fox News Fox News January 31, 2012 July 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924170448/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/31/ex-la-teacher-charged-with-molesting-23-children/ September 24, 2015 dead February February 5 Super Bowl XLVI: The National Football Conference champion New York Giants defeat the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots 21–17 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It was officially the most watched program in the history of United States television with 111.3 million viewers in the United States (as per the Nielsen Company).David Bauder https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/super-bowl-ratings-record-tv-giants-patriots_n_1258107.html Super Bowl Ratings Record: Giants-Patriots Game Is Highest-Rated TV Show In US History Huffingtonpost.com February 6, 2012 February 7, 2012 February 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207051325/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/super-bowl-ratings-record-tv-giants-patriots_n_1258107.html live Disappearance of Susan Powell: Josh Powell, who was widely suspected in his wife's disappearance, kills himself and the couple's two children.3 die in Powell home explosion, family says http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=19132089&title=3-die-in-powell-home-explosion-family-says February 5, 2012 February 5, 2012 KSL.com November 15, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201115215921/https://www.ksl.com/article/19132089/3-die-in-powell-home-explosion-family-says live February 7 – A federal appeals court upholds the district court decision that struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/us/marriage-ban-violates-constitution-court-rules.html Court Strikes Down Ban on Gay Marriage in California The New York Times February 7, 2012 Nagourney Adam February 26, 2017 February 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120211122706/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/us/marriage-ban-violates-constitution-court-rules.html live February 11 – Singer Whitney Houston is found dead at the age of 48 in her suite at the Los Angeles Beverly Hilton Hotel, which coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards and triggered a worldwide outpouring of grief. Her death later impaired several major websites and services.September 2013 February 13 – Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signs a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the seventh state to legalize gay marriage.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/washington-gay-marriage-signed-chris-gregoire_n_1273887.html Huffington Post Washington Gay Marriage Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Chris Gregoire February 13, 2012 February 20, 2020 March 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035648/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/washington-gay-marriage-signed-chris-gregoire_n_1273887.html live February 15 – The Kellogg Company purchases snack maker Pringles from Procter & Gamble for US$2.7 billion.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17046698 Kellogg to buy snack maker Pringles for $2.7bn BBC News February 15, 2012 July 16, 2016 February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17046698 live February 16 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber", is sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to detonate a bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in Detroit, Michigan.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17065130 Underwear bomber Abdulmutallab sentenced to life BBC News February 16, 2012 July 16, 2016 February 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120216174707/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17065130 live Researchers at Dartmouth College find that many organic food products that contain organic brown rice syrup have a much higher concentration of the toxic element arsenic. Brown rice syrup, used as an alternative for the much-maligned high fructose corn syrup, is said to contain environmental arsenic absorbed by the husk of the rice.https://www.foxnews.com/health/organic-foods-secret-source-of-dietary-arsenic/ Organic foods: secret source of dietary arsenic? – Fox News Loren Grush Fox News February 16, 2012 July 16, 2016 September 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081001/http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/15/organic-foods-secret-source-dietary-arsenic/ live February 18 – Legendary singer Whitney Houston is laid to rest in a private televised funeral in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey at the New Hope Baptist Church in which she was raised.September 2013 February 21 The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes above 13,000 points for the first time since May 2008.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203358704577236783377030236 The Wall Street Journal Jonathan Cheng Christian Berthelsen Dow Touches 13000 but Can't Hold On February 21, 2012 August 3, 2017 November 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181120074240/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203358704577236783377030236 live The U.S. Supreme Court makes a 6–3 decision that law enforcement officials do not need to issue Miranda warnings to prison inmates under questioning if these inmates are warned that they may end the interrogation at any time. The ruling involves an inmate who was removed from the general prison population and questioned. The court ruled against convict Randall Fields in a dispute that questioning without Miranda invocation was proper as long as the convict was advised of his freedom to leave.https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-680.pdf supremecourt.gov HOWES, WARDEN v. FIELDS February 21, 2012 June 27, 2017 February 8, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170208061016/https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-680.pdf live The opinion of the court was written by Associate Justice Samuel Alito who said that "The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that our precedents clearly establish that a prisoner is in custody within the meaning of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (1966), if the prisoner is taken aside and questioned about events that occurred outside the prison walls. Our decisions, however, do not clearly establish such a rule, and therefore the Court of Appeals erred inholding that this rule provides a permissible basis for federal habeas relief under the relevant provision of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996(AEDPA), 28 U. S. C. §2254(d)(1). Indeed, the rule applied by the court below does not represent a correct interpretation of our Miranda case law. We therefore reverse." February 22 In Charlottesville, Virginia, former University of Virginia men's lacrosse player George Huguely is found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of former UVA women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love. The jury recommends a 26-year prison sentence; he was sentenced to 23 years in prison.https://abcnews.go.com/ ABC News July 16, 2016 July 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160716003738/http://abcnews.go.com/ live Seven US Marines die when two helicopters collide and crash on the border of the states of California and Arizona. The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra attack helicopter and the UH-1Y Huey utility chopper accident occurs during a nighttime training exercise.http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/23/us/arizona-marines-killed/index.html Midair helicopter collision kills 7 Marines CNN Barbara Starr February 23, 2012 July 16, 2016 June 21, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160621050423/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/23/us/arizona-marines-killed/index.html live February 23 – The case against Gabe Watson in relation to the death of his newlywed wife Tina on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is dismissed in Alabama.http://www.cbs42.com/content/breaking/story/Watson-Honeymoon-Murder-Case-Dismissed/ENMokcm_fk23KsIuHhbjMg.cspx https://archive.today/20120728000518/http://www.cbs42.com/content/breaking/story/Watson-Honeymoon-Murder-Case-Dismissed/ENMokcm_fk23KsIuHhbjMg.cspx dead Watson Honeymoon Murder Case Dismissed – CBS 42 Birmingham, AL News W... July 28, 2012 July 28, 2012 February 26 84th Academy Awards: The ceremony, hosted by Billy Crystal, is held at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre).http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8425791/aussie-oscar-nominees-hunt-for-upset-win https://web.archive.org/web/20120410061559/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8425791/aussie-oscar-nominees-hunt-for-upset-win dead NineMSN April 10, 2012 Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist wins five awards, including Best Director and Best Picture, the first silent film to win the latter award since Wings in 1927 and the first black-and-white film since Schindler's List in 1993. Martin Scorsese's Hugo ties in award wins and leads in nominations with 11. The telecast garners nearly 39.5 million viewers.https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/ The Envelope: Hollywood's Awards and Industry Insider – Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times July 16, 2016 July 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160716062238/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/ live A trial begins in Cairo of 16 Americans and 27 others linked to an Egyptian government crackdown on non-government organizations which has created tension between the U.S. and Egypt.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gpgK8-MpsicsOV-tZ7soqBybCngw?docId=bbff49dc68e64e2c85fa66f9d28544a9 AP via Google November 10, 2016 March 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120301040602/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gpgK8-MpsicsOV-tZ7soqBybCngw?docId=bbff49dc68e64e2c85fa66f9d28544a9 dead Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, is fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. The killing receives widespread attention focusing on aspects including the possible role of Martin's race and the initial lack of prosecution against Zimmerman,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17441277 Trayvon Martin: Probe into killing of Florida teenager March 20, 2012 BBC News June 20, 2018 December 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181210044753/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17441277 live who is later charged with second degree murder.https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-charged-murder-trayvon-martin-killing/story?id=16115469 George Zimmerman Charged With 2nd Degree Murder in Trayvon Martin's Death April 11, 2012 ABC News Matt Gutman Candace Smith Pierre Thomas April 16, 2020 March 13, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200313200816/https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-charged-murder-trayvon-martin-killing/story?id=16115469 live February 27 Teenager Thomas Lane kills three students at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio.Jones Melanie Who is T.J. Lane? 5 Things to Know About Chardon High School Shooting Suspect http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306023/20120228/tj-lane-ohio-chardon-high-school-shooting.htm International Business Times February 28, 2012 The International Business Times Inc February 29, 2012 March 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302014417/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306023/20120228/tj-lane-ohio-chardon-high-school-shooting.htm live 2012 Daytona 500: In a first ever delay, the race is postponed to Monday due to heavy rain in Daytona.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2012-02-27/Fox-could-score-big-with-prime-time-Daytona-500/53271682/1 Prime-time Daytona 500 could be 'watershed moment' USA Today July 16, 2016 March 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309022508/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2012-02-27/Fox-could-score-big-with-prime-time-Daytona-500/53271682/1 live Matt Kenseth wins on Tuesday morning.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2012-02-27/wins-daytona-500/53278392/1 Matt Kenseth edges Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win Daytona 500 USA Today July 16, 2016 March 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309022513/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2012-02-27/wins-daytona-500/53278392/1 live WikiLeaks begins disclosing 5 million e-mails from the private intelligence company Stratfor.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-27/wikileaks-begins-publishing-confidential-intelligence-emails/3854838 WikiLeaks dumping secret intelligence emails Australian Broadcasting Corporation February 27, 2012 July 16, 2016 July 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160720173459/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-27/wikileaks-begins-publishing-confidential-intelligence-emails/3854838 live February 29 2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak: Tornados hit the midwestern United States with 14 people killed, six in Harrisburg, Illinois.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hDOejM_NICVTDxd3OwIIQ3i8LFDw?docId=da1b2e72cd1b4f73ae34e7bbd071966f AP via Google News November 10, 2016 March 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302202655/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hDOejM_NICVTDxd3OwIIQ3i8LFDw?docId=da1b2e72cd1b4f73ae34e7bbd071966f dead Egypt lifts a travel ban on seven Americans employed by pro-democracy U.S. groups, including the son of U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood, who is among 16 Americans on trial in Egypt for trying to foment unrest and incite protests against the nation's military rulers.https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-29/egypt-travel-ban-lifted/53302054/1 Egypt lifts travel ban on 7 U.S. pro-democracy workers USA Today July 16, 2016 March 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101900/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-29/egypt-travel-ban-lifted/53302054/1 live March March 1 – Maryland becomes the eighth state to legalize gay marriage.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/maryland-gay-marriage-martin-o-malley-signs-bill_n_1314352.html Huffington Post Curtis Wong Maryland Gay Marriage: Governor Martin O'Malley Signs Bill Allowing Same-Sex Couples To Wed March 1, 2012 February 20, 2020 August 19, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160819200701/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/maryland-gay-marriage-martin-o-malley-signs-bill_n_1314352.html live March 2 NASA claims that it was hacked 13 times in 2011, compromising security.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nasa-cyberattack-idUSTRE8211G320120302 NASA says it was hacked 13 times last year Reuters March 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20230817045504/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nasa-cyberattack-idUSTRE8211G320120302 August 17, 2023 live August 16, 2023 Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012: 40 people die in the South and the Ohio Valley.https://www.foxnews.com/us/storms-wreck-indiana-towns-kill-at-least-20-across-3-states/ Storms wreck Indiana towns, kill at least 20 across 3 states Fox News March 2, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120303030909/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/02/alabama-schools-closing-early-amid-weather-threat/ live BP and plaintiffs reach an agreement over compensation for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bp-plaintiffs-reach-gulf-oil-spill-settlement-15838246 U.S. News – National News ABC News July 16, 2016 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is released in theaters.https://comingsoon.net/films.php?id=57584 The Lorax ComingSoon.net 2010-10-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100918150736/https://comingsoon.net/films.php?id=57584 18 September 2010 live March 6 Retired British businessman Christopher Tappin is denied bail in Texas as he faces arms dealing charges.https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/mar/06/christopher-tappin-denied-bail Christopher Tappin denied bail in US on arms dealing claims Ben Quinn TheGuardian.com March 6, 2012 July 16, 2016 September 21, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160921204835/https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/mar/06/christopher-tappin-denied-bail live He is accused by the U.S. Government of exporting thermal batteries to Iran that could be used in the manufacture of surface-to-air missiles.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9120430/Christopher-Tappin-shackled-in-Texas-court.html London The Daily Telegraph Nick Allen Christopher Tappin shackled in Texas court March 3, 2012 April 3, 2018 November 18, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181118110021/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9120430/Christopher-Tappin-shackled-in-Texas-court.html live Law enforcement agencies in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland arrest alleged senior members of the computer hacking group LulzSec.Winter Jana March 6, 2012 https://www.foxnews.com/tech/exclusive-infamous-international-hacking-group-lulzsec-brought-down-by-own-leader EXCLUSIVE: Infamous international hacking group LulzSec brought down by own leader Fox News live https://web.archive.org/web/20260411000957/https://www.foxnews.com/tech/exclusive-infamous-international-hacking-group-lulzsec-brought-down-by-own-leader April 11, 2026 October 19, 2026 Businessman Allen Stanford is convicted of running a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/business/jury-convicts-stanford-in-7-billion-ponzi-fraud.html Stanford Convicted by Jury in $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme March 7, 2012 The New York Times July 16, 2016 July 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160717001746/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/business/jury-convicts-stanford-in-7-billion-ponzi-fraud.html live Super Tuesday of the Republican Party presidential primaries: Voters in 10 US states go to the polls for Super Tuesday.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/4/curl-super-tuesday-more-stupor-tuesday/ CURL: Super Tuesday? More like Stupor Tuesday The Washington Times July 16, 2016 August 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160806142015/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/4/curl-super-tuesday-more-stupor-tuesday/ live Newt Gingrich is projected as the winner of the Georgia primary.https://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-georgia-gop-primary-20120306,0,2853785.story Newt Gingrich wins Georgia GOP primary Kim Geiger March 6, 2012 July 16, 2016 LA Times March 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307072847/http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-georgia-gop-primary-20120306,0,2853785.story live Mitt Romney is projected as the winner of primaries in Virginia, Massachusetts, Ohio and Vermont as well as the Idaho and Alaska caucuses.https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-virginia-gop-primary-20120306,0,3841404.story Super Tuesday: Mitt Romney wins Virginia GOP primary Chicago Tribune March 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307225734/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-virginia-gop-primary-20120306,0,3841404.story 2012-03-07 Rick Santorum is projected as the winner of the Oklahoma and Tennessee primaries and North Dakota caucuses.http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2012/03/06/gingrich-wins-republican-primary-in-georgia/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120307231352/http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2012/03/06/gingrich-wins-republican-primary-in-georgia/ dead Reuters via Fox Business News Fox Business March 7, 2012 Veteran Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich is defeated in a Democrat primary in the 9th district by incumbent Marcia C. Kaptur after he was affected by redistricting. Samuel Wurzelbacher, popularly known as Joe the Plumber, wins the Republican Party primary.https://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/reps-kucinich-schmidt-fall-in-ohio-073713 Reps. Kucinich, Schmidt fall in Ohio Politico March 7, 2012 July 16, 2016 May 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150506121505/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73713.html live March 8 Former Los Angeles Police Department detective Stephanie Lazarus is found guilty of a high-profile 1986 murder.https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-mar-09-la-me-0309-lapd-verdict-20120308-story.html Ex-LAPD detective found guilty of killing romantic rival in 1986 Joel Rubin Andrew Blankstein March 9, 2012 July 16, 2016 LA Times March 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306035527/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/09/local/la-me-0309-lapd-verdict-20120308 live A study suggests that donor stem cells may prevent organ rejection in imperfectly matched transplant cases.https://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-kidney-transplant-stem-cells-20120308,0,6483577.story Study suggests breakthrough in organ transplants Melissa Healy March 8, 2012 July 16, 2016 LA Times March 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319225320/http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-kidney-transplant-stem-cells-20120308,0,6483577.story live In a 6–3 opinion, the Mississippi Supreme Court lets stand the pardons signed by the exiting Governor Haley Barbour.https://www.foxnews.com/us/miss-supreme-court-rules-barbour-pardons-valid/ Miss. Supreme Court rules Barbour pardons valid Fox News March 8, 2012 July 16, 2016 November 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112011618/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/08/miss-supreme-court-rules-barbour-pardons-valid/ live March 11 – United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales kills 17 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar. Of those murdered, 4 were women and 9 were children.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17332398 US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar BBC News March 11, 2012 July 16, 2016 August 19, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210819104907/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17332398 live March 12 – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that a 22-year sentence given to Ahmed Ressam for attempting to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots was too light.https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-bomber-sentencing-idUSL2E8EC4B120120312 UPDATE 3-U.S. court says Millennium Bomber sentence too light March 12, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817132132/http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-bomber-sentencing-idUSL2E8EC4B120120312 live The court orders that a new District judge re-sentence Ressam. March 13 Based in Chicago, Illinois, Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest encyclopedia still in print in the English language, announces that it will no longer be producing printed versions, but will continue online editions.http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/13162123/encyclopaedia-brittanica-ends-print-goes-digital/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120403072750/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/13162123/encyclopaedia-brittanica-ends-print-goes-digital/ dead Reuters via Yahoo 7 Australia April 3, 2012 The United States, Japan, and the European Union file a case against China at the WTO regarding export restrictions on rare-earth metals.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17348648 US, EU and Japan challenge China on rare earths at WTO BBC News March 13, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322143741/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17348648 live Citigroup, MetLife, Ally Financial, and SunTrust, some of the largest financial institutions in the United States, fail a Federal Reserve System stress test of 19 banks.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-stresstests-idUSBRE82C19020120313 Fed gives high marks in bank stress tests results March 13, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817154956/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-stresstests-idUSBRE82C19020120313 live March 14 – A jury finds Virginia Tech guilty of negligence for delaying a campus warning about the Virginia Tech massacre of 33 students in 2007.https://www.chron.com/news/article/Jury-finds-Va-Tech-negligent-in-07-shootings-3406409.php AP via Houston Chronicle April 16, 2020 October 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024072659/http://www.chron.com/news/article/Jury-finds-Va-Tech-negligent-in-07-shootings-3406409.php dead March 15 – Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich reports to Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood in Littleton, Colorado, to begin serving 14 years in federal prison. Under federal rules, Blagojevich will serve 85%, or 12 years, of his sentence.March 12, 2012 Inside Blago's New Home: (FCI) Englewood https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/inside-blagos-new-home-fci-englewood/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220904195303/https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/inside-blagos-new-home-fci-englewood/ 2022-09-04 2025-10-06 en-US March 16 – Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi is found guilty of a hate crime and invasion of privacy for his role in the suicide of Tyler Clementi.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17406173 Dharun Ravi guilty of Rutgers webcam hate crime BBC News March 16, 2012 July 16, 2016 February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17406173 live Sentencing is scheduled for May 21. March 20 The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejects two patents held by Prometheus Laboratories, a unit of Nestlé S.A., continuing a trend in recent years toward a narrowing of the grounds of patentability.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mayo-prometheus-patent-idUSBRE82J18I20120321 Top court rejects two medical test patents March 21, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817202534/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mayo-prometheus-patent-idUSBRE82J18I20120321 live John Carter records one of the biggest losses in cinema history, forcing Disney to take a $200 million writedownhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17442200 John Carter flop to cost Walt Disney $200m BBC News March 20, 2012 July 16, 2016 November 10, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191110092703/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17442200 live and chairman Rich Ross to resign.Disney film boss Rich Ross resigns after John Carter flop https://web.archive.org/web/20181031080207/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17790694 October 31, 2018 , BBC News, April 20, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012. MIT researchers Ramesh Raskar and Andreas Velten demonstrate an augmented reality apparatus which can allow observation of a non-line of sight object by means of a non-mirror, reflective surface.http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/24/why-seeing-around-corners-may-become-next-superpower/ Seeing around corners may become next 'superpower' Fox News March 24, 2012 July 16, 2016 June 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130616022347/http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/24/why-seeing-around-corners-may-become-next-superpower/ dead March 21 – New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is suspended for a year without pay while former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is banned indefinitely from the National Football League for their role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7718549/nfl-harsh-penalties-new-orleans-saints-ensure-elimination-bounty-systems Fox: Goodell drives his point home March 21, 2012 ESPN.com December 20, 2020 March 1, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210301101310/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7718549/nfl-harsh-penalties-new-orleans-saints-ensure-elimination-bounty-systems live March 23 – Disney Junior, Disney Channel's daytime children's programming block, becomes a standalone 24-hour cable channel. The channel replaces Soapnet, which remains available (in a limited, automated form) for some cable and satellite providers who have not yet finalized carriage deals for Disney Junior, as well for Cablevision and Verizon FiOS (both of them have kept Soapnet on the air and added Disney Junior to their lineups as an additional channel)."SoapNet ends March 23; Disney Jr. takes its place," https://web.archive.org/web/20120113205742/http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/tv/2012/01/soapnet-ends-march-23-disney-jr-takes-its-place.html January 13, 2012 from Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), 1/9/2012 March 24 Seven children and two adults are killed in a house fire in Charleston, West Virginia. It is considered the worst fire in six decades in the city.https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-24/fatal-west-virginia-fire/53748836/1 6 kids, 2 adults killed in W.Va. house blaze USA Today July 16, 2016 June 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120627061349/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-24/fatal-west-virginia-fire/53748836/1 live In Falls Church, Virginia, 71-year-old former United States Vice President Dick Cheney receives a heart transplant from an unidentified donor.http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=politics&catid=57403969&feed_id=3&videofeed=39 Politics News, Headlines and Video – CBS News CBS News July 16, 2016 April 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120409130105/http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=politics&catid=57403969&feed_id=3&videofeed=39 dead March 26–28 – National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius: In a historic three days of arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court hears from 26 states arguing against the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/story/2012-03-26/supreme-court-health-care-transcript-monday/53791270/1 USA Today Most Popular E-mail Newsletter March 26, 2012 August 23, 2017 July 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120702134150/http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/story/2012-03-26/supreme-court-health-care-transcript-monday/53791270/1 live March 27 – Guggenheim Partners, LLC agrees to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers for US$2.1 billion, the most ever for a professional sports franchise.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303404704577308483250633906 $2 Billion Dodgers Price Tag Shatters Records Matthew Futterman Wall Street Journal March 28, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313134415/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303404704577308483250633906 live March 30–April 2 – Visa and Mastercard warn banks across the United States about a "massive" breach of security with more than 1.5 million North American credit card numbers potentially compromised. The security issue occurred at Atlanta-based Global Payments Inc. Subsequently, Visa announces that it is dropping Global Payments over the hacking data breach.http://m.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/visa-mastercard-suffer-massive-us-data-breach-20120331-1w4li.html VISA, MasterCard suffer 'massive' US data breach Brian Krebs August 6, 2012 July 16, 2016 July 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120705102839/http://m.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/visa-mastercard-suffer-massive-us-data-breach-20120331-1w4li.html live March 31 – The two largest acting unions in the U.S., the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, agree to merge forming SAG-AFTRA.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gqzHjafNdECXNiBdrjsRSSzieGZg?docId=ae2e83a3832f4d6dadd5c4c3672543b5 AP via GoogleJune 2024 medicmedic April April 1 – WWE holds WrestleMania XXVIII at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, drawing a crowd of 78,363. April 2 A mass shooting at the private Korean Christian Oikos University in Oakland, California leaves seven people dead and three injured. It was perpetrated by 43-year-old One L. Goh, a former student at the school. He died on March 20, 2019, while in custody at California State Prison-Sacramento.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17590859 US police name suspect in Oakland college shooting BBC News April 3, 2012 July 16, 2016 April 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120403030031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17590859 live The data from the 1940 United States census is released, including information on 132 million people.https://1940census.archives.gov/ Welcome July 16, 2016 July 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160713112816/http://1940census.archives.gov/ live In college basketball, the University of Kentucky defeats the University of Kansas to win the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.https://www.foxnews.com/sports/kentucky-beats-kansas-67-59-to-win-national-title/ Kentucky beats Kansas 67–59 to win national title – Fox News Fox News April 2, 2012 July 16, 2016 June 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120622143606/http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/04/02/kentucky-beats-kansas-67-5-to-win-national-title/ live The U.S. Supreme Court makes a controversial 5–4 decision that law enforcement officials can strip-search newly admitted jail inmates even if the holding charge is minor.https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-upholds-strip-searches-at-jails/ Supreme Court upholds strip searches at jails – Fox News Fox News April 2, 2012 July 16, 2016 April 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130402014030/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/02/supreme-court-upholds-strip-searches-at-jails/ live April 5 In New York City, Russian businessman Victor Bout is sentenced to 25 years in prison for smuggling weapons to the Colombian FARC guerilla movement.December 2020 Connecticut repeals the death penalty (those already on death row remain there).https://abcnews.go.com/US/connecticut-repeals-death-penalty-governor-dannel-malloy-signs/story?id=16212552 Connecticut Repeals Death Penalty April 25, 2012 ABC News July 16, 2016 August 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807052038/http://abcnews.go.com/US/connecticut-repeals-death-penalty-governor-dannel-malloy-signs/story?id=16212552 live April 5–8 – American golfer Bubba Watson wins the US Masters defeating Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa in a playoff.http://www.theage.com.au/sport/golf/live-bubba-watson-wins-the-us-masters-20120408-1wjy9.html Live: Bubba Watson wins the US Masters Will Brodie April 8, 2012 July 16, 2016 Although Oosthuizen was runner-up, in the final round he hit a rare albatross on the second hole (occurring last in 1994, it was only the fourth ever albatross in Masters history and the first to be televised, as well as, the first ever on that hole).https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/17648976 BBC Sport July 16, 2016September 2025 medicmedic April 12 – U.S. Secret Service agents in Cartagena, Colombia, for President Barack Obama's attendance at the 6th Summit of the Americas, become embroiled in a scandal over the hiring of prostitutes. The investigation also implicates military personnel, and results in 9 agents being forced out of the Service.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDRM6xqYfoVnumY9yyB_skQlu72w?docId=3725878611af477ea804036c082cc037 APJune 2024 medicmedic April 13 – In Miami-Dade County, a drunk driver illegally driving the South Dade TransitWay (then known as the Busway) southbound at more than 100 miles per hour t-bones a minivan traveling eastbound on Eureka Drive, approximately 17 miles southwest of Downtown Miami. One person is killed, three others (including the drunk driver) were injured, and the drunk driver arrested.April 13, 2012 Driver Charged In Deadly SW Dade Hit & Run Accident https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/13-year-old-girl-killed-in-hit-run-in-sw-miami-dade/ CBS Miami January 31, 2023 January 30, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230130191519/https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/13-year-old-girl-killed-in-hit-run-in-sw-miami-dade/ live No bus drivers or passengers were injured or killed, as no buses were passing through (or stopping at an adjacent station) at the time of the crash. April 20 – Marcus Robinson, due to have been executed in 2007, is ordered off death row after North Carolina Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks rules his trial was tainted by racial bias, grounds for cancellation of a death sentence under the state's Racial Justice Act. The judge uses controversial statistical evidence of bias to grant the change of sentence.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17762035 Racial bias saves death row man BBC News April 20, 2012 July 16, 2016 February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17762035 live April 22–May 2 – Chen Guangcheng, a civil rights activist in China, flees house arrest and seeks shelter at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, causing a diplomatic incident.Blind Chinese Dissident Leaves U.S. Embassy for Medical Treatment https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/world/asia/chen-guangcheng-leaves-us-embassy-in-beijing-china.html May 2, 2012 The New York Times May 2, 2012 Jane Perlez June 6, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220606093404/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/world/asia/chen-guangcheng-leaves-us-embassy-in-beijing-china.html?_r=0 live April 24 – The USDA announces that bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease") was found in a dairy cow in California.http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/health/california-mad-cow/index.html Mad cow case confirmed in California April 25, 2012 CNN April 27, 2012 April 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120427210531/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/health/california-mad-cow/index.html live April 29 – Seven people are killed, including three children, when the vehicle they were in flipped over on the Bronx River Parkway in The Bronx, New York City.http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/us/new-york-fatal-crash/index.html Vehicle flips, 7 die near Bronx Zoo April 29, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818140721/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/us/new-york-fatal-crash/index.html live May May 1 – The sale for Guggenheim Partners to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers is finalized for US$2.1 billion, the most ever for a professional sports franchise.http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/7877983/los-angeles-dodgers-sale-guggenheim-group-finalized ESPN/AP May 2 – J. T. Ready, a border militia leader, apparently kills four people and himself at the home of his girlfriend in Phoenix, Arizona.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/us/border-militiaman-among-5-dead-in-arizona-police-confirm.html Border Militiaman Among 5 Dead in Arizona, Police Confirm May 3, 2012 Fernanda Santos The New York Times February 26, 2017 February 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170203202229/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/us/border-militiaman-among-5-dead-in-arizona-police-confirm.html live May 4 – The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, is released by Marvel Studios as the sixth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the final film in its "Phase One" slate. The first in the franchise distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it becomes the third highest-grossing film of all time at that point (currently the eighth) and helps to boost the MCU and superhero films in general to a wider audience. May 5 – In US horse racing, I'll Have Another wins the 2012 Kentucky Derby.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/47250143/ns/horse_racing/ Homepage August 23, 2015 July 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20120506154653/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/47250143/ns/horse_racing/ May 6, 2012 dead May 7 The CIA announces it had foiled a plot by Fahd al-Quso, a Yemeni affiliate of al-Qaida, to have a suicide bomber, using an improved version of the underwear bomb used by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in 2009, to blow up an American-bound airliner; no lives were ever at risk.http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11583173-report-cia-foiled-al-qaida-plot-to-destroy-us-bound-airliner?lite World News - Report: CIA foiled al-Qaida plot to destroy US-bound airliner May 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120507203424/http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11583173-report-cia-foiled-al-qaida-plot-to-destroy-us-bound-airliner?lite May 7, 2012 The first licenses for autonomous cars in the U.S. are granted in Nevada to Google.http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/07/nevada-issues-google-first-license-self-driving-ca/ Nevada issues Google first license for self-driving car May 7, 2012 Cy Ryan Las Vegas Sun May 9, 2012 January 11, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210111051449/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/07/nevada-issues-google-first-license-self-driving-ca/ live May 8 In a voter referendum, North Carolina amends the state constitution to include a ban on gay marriage and all other forms of same-sex unions.August 2012 U.S. Senator Richard Lugar loses a Republican primary in Indiana to a Tea Party-backed challenger, becoming the first six-term Senator to lose a primary election since 1952.February 2015 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wins a Democratic primary, and will face Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on June 5 in the nation's third gubernatorial recall election.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hEWi5gPY070wguZqMGSxJtIUO-gw?docId=e29d96e20c2b498cbf4e5cd0a4a12da1 AP November 10, 2016 May 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120512031914/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hEWi5gPY070wguZqMGSxJtIUO-gw?docId=e29d96e20c2b498cbf4e5cd0a4a12da1 dead May 9 – Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to announce support for gay marriage.https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-mct-obama-makes-a-stand-says-he-supports-gay-marriage-20120510,0,123841.story Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune May 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120513202058/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-mct-obama-makes-a-stand-says-he-supports-gay-marriage-20120510,0,123841.story May 13, 2012 dead May 11 William Balfour is found guilty of murdering the mother, brother and nephew of American entertainer Jennifer Hudson.https://abcnews.go.com/US/jennifer-hudson-family-murder-trial-guilty-counts/story?id=16312497 Guilty Verdict at Jennifer Hudson Family Murder May 11, 2012 ABC News July 16, 2016 August 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807011817/http://abcnews.go.com/US/jennifer-hudson-family-murder-trial-guilty-counts/story?id=16312497 live A panel of American health experts recommends formal approval of the Truvada anti-HIV drug for prescription to non-infected men who have sex with multiple male partners, a decision opposed by some health workers and groups active among those with HIV.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18030057 HIV prevention pill Truvada backed by US experts BBC News May 11, 2012 July 16, 2016 July 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160714160246/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18030057 live May 20–21 – At the Chicago Summit, NATO leaders discuss the Middle East, nuclear weapons, Russia, and the Afghanistan War.August 2012 May 21 Dharun Ravi, the U.S. student who secretly filmed the sexual activities of his gay roommate Tyler Clementi, who later committed suicide when the film was exposed, is sentenced to 30 days in prison by a New Jersey judge. Ravi avoids the maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18149395 Rutgers webcam spy Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days BBC News May 21, 2012 July 16, 2016 February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18149395 live A rare annular solar eclipse occurs, visible from East Asia, the North Pacific, and the Western United States.http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652081/Solar-eclipse-viewed-over-Asia Rare solar eclipse viewed over Asia July 16, 2016 August 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810094936/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652081/Solar-eclipse-viewed-over-Asia dead May 22 – NASA and SpaceX launch Dragon COTS Demo Flight 2 toward the International Space Station. It becomes the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with another spacecraft.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18154937 Nasa chief hails new era in space BBC News May 22, 2012 July 16, 2016 May 23, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120523025741/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18154937 live May 23 – Shakeel Afridi, a Pakistani physician who helped the CIA to track down Osama bin Laden by collecting DNA samples from residents of bin Laden's compound, is sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment for treason.http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/world/asia/pakistan-bin-laden-doctor/index.html Pakistani doctor accused of helping U.S. gets 33 years in prison Reza Sayah May 23, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 March 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307203712/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/world/asia/pakistan-bin-laden-doctor/index.html live May 27 – Scottish driver Dario Franchitti wins the 96th Indianapolis 500. It is his third win there.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/dario-franchitti-wins-96th-indianapolis-191934532--spt.html AP via Yahoo! Sports July 28, 2016 May 31, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120531112859/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/dario-franchitti-wins-96th-indianapolis-191934532--spt.html dead May 31 – A jury clears former Democratic Party vice presidential candidate for John Edwards on one count of corruption, with the judge ordering a mistrial on the other five counts.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/31/john-edwards-walks-free-mistrial John Edwards walks free after chaotic end to corruption trial Karen McVeigh Chris McGreal The Guardian May 31, 2012 July 16, 2016 April 28, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160428204915/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/31/john-edwards-walks-free-mistrial live June June 5 – Incumbent Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker wins a recall election against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, becoming the first Governor in United States history to survive a recall.http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/05/politics/wisconsin-recall-vote/index.html Walker's Wisconsin win big blow to unions, smaller one to Obama CNN.com June 6, 2012 August 18, 2012 August 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120819011046/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/05/politics/wisconsin-recall-vote/index.html live June 7 – LinkedIn says that some of its members' passwords have been "compromised" following reports that more than six million passwords were leaked on the Internet.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18338956 LinkedIn passwords leaked by hackers BBC News June 6, 2012 July 16, 2016 July 21, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160721171417/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18338956 live June 11 In ice hockey, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings defeat the New Jersey Devils 6–1 in game 6 of the 2012 Stanley Cup Final to win the Los Angeles Kings' first Stanley Cup. Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs MVP.https://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=400265531 New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles Kings – Boxscore – June 11, 2012 – ESPN July 16, 2016 June 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616064117/http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=400265531 live John Bryson crashes: Police in the San Gabriel Valley in southern California cite United States Secretary of Commerce John Bryson for felony hit and run for alleged involvement in a series of accidents on the weekend.http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/police-commerce-secretary-bryson-cited-for-felony-hit-and-run-following-calif-crashes-1.3774106 AP via Newsday January 21, 2013 June 15, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120615222730/http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/police-commerce-secretary-bryson-cited-for-felony-hit-and-run-following-calif-crashes-1.3774106 dead Bryson takes medical leave while he undergoes test related to a seizure that occurred during the crashes.Lee MJ 2012-06-11 John Bryson takes medical leave https://www.politico.com/story/2012/06/bryson-to-take-leave-of-absence-077312 2025-11-21 POLITICO en June 12 – The children's illustrated storybook Topsy Turvy Tales is published.Frost Christopher Review: "Topsy Turvy Tales" Neon: A Literary Magazine Neon Magazine July 2012 http://www.neonmagazine.co.uk/?p=1910 2012-08-25 September 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921162713/http://www.neonmagazine.co.uk/?p=1910 live The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency brings drugs charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. June 13 Scientists decode the bonobo genome, making it last great ape to have its DNA sequence laid bare, following the chimpanzee, orangutan and gorilla.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18430420 Bonobo's genetic code laid bare BBC News June 13, 2012 July 16, 2016 February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18430420 live U.S. federal prosecutors drop corruption charges against former Senator John Edwards following a mistrial.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-prosecutors-drop-campaign-corruption-case-against-john-edwards-following-mistrial/2012/06/13/gJQASMeZaV_story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120613234417/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-prosecutors-drop-campaign-corruption-case-against-john-edwards-following-mistrial/2012/06/13/gJQASMeZaV_story.html dead June 13, 2012 Sorry, we can't seem to find the page you're looking for. June 13, 2012 July 16, 2016 washingtonpost.com Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launches. The satellite is a space-based X-ray telescope that will use a Wolter telescope to focus high energy X-rays at 5 to 80 keV from astrophysical sources, especially for nuclear spectroscopy.http://www.nustar.caltech.edu/about-nustar About July 16, 2016 February 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140216220149/http://www.nustar.caltech.edu/about-nustar live It is the eleventh mission of the NASA Small Explorer satellite program (SMEX-11) and the first space-based direct-imaging X-ray telescope at energies beyond those of the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton. June 14 – Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford is sentenced to 110 years in prison after siphoning billions from investors.http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/cricket/2012/06/201261418510412433.html Cricket mogul sentenced to 110 years July 16, 2016 September 23, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160923162719/http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/cricket/2012/06/201261418510412433.html live June 15 U.S. president Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will stop deporting some illegal immigrants.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/us/us-to-stop-deporting-some-illegal-immigrants.html Obama to Permit Young Migrants to Remain in U.S. June 16, 2012 The New York Times July 16, 2016 March 20, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190320125321/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/us/us-to-stop-deporting-some-illegal-immigrants.html live Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta is convicted of three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy related to insider trading in 2011.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303822204577468470878668722 Insider Case Lands Big Catch Chad Bray, Michael Rothfeld and Reed Albergotti Wall Street Journal June 15, 2012 July 16, 2016 July 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160716013329/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303822204577468470878668722 live June 17 – In golf, American Webb Simpson wins the U.S. Open.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/47852574/ns/sports-golf/ Homepage August 23, 2015 July 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20120823123024/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/47852574/ns/sports-golf August 23, 2012 dead June 18 – Former American Major League Baseball player Roger Clemens is acquitted on all charges in a perjury trial.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-clemens-acquitted-on-all-charges-in-perjury-trial/ Roger Clemens acquitted on all charges in perjury trial CBS News July 16, 2016 September 8, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130908233126/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57455533/roger-clemens-acquitted-on-all-charges-in-perjury-trial/ live June 20 The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform votes 23–17 in favor of holding United States Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress after he failed to release documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious. It is the first time a US Attorney General is held in contempt.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/eric-holder-contempt-vote-fast-and-furious-darrel-issa_n_1612046.html House Oversight Committee Votes To Hold Eric Holder In Contempt Of Congress Huffingtonpost.com June 21, 2012 August 18, 2012 July 23, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120723112227/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/eric-holder-contempt-vote-fast-and-furious-darrel-issa_n_1612046.html live President Barack Obama invokes executive privilege on documents associated with Fast and Furious following a request by the House Oversight Committee.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fast-and-furious-scandal-obama-exerts-executive-privilege-house-panel-moves-forward-with-contempt-vote/2012/06/20/gJQAGImIqV_story.html Fast and Furious scandal: House panel votes to hold Eric Holder in contempt The Washington Post July 16, 2016 June 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160614181421/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fast-and-furious-scandal-obama-exerts-executive-privilege-house-panel-moves-forward-with-contempt-vote/2012/06/20/gJQAGImIqV_story.html live June 21 The Miami Heat wins the 2012 NBA Finals defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder four games to one. LeBron James wins the NBA Finals MVP award.http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=320621014 Thunder vs. Heat – Game Recap – June 21, 2012 – ESPN July 16, 2016 April 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160413082447/http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=320621014 dead Moody's downgrades the credit rating of 15 major world banks: UK (Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC), US (Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan), Rest of world (Credit Suisse, UBS, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley).https://www.cnbc.com/2012/06/25/15-major-investment-banks-see-ratings-cut-by-moodys.html 15 Major Investment Banks See Ratings Cut by Moody's Mary Thompson CNBC June 25, 2012 July 16, 2016 August 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160820215523/http://www.cnbc.com/id/47908669 live John Bryson resigns as United States Secretary of Commerce following a seizure that led to two car accidents.https://www.politico.com/story/2012/06/bryson-resigns-from-commerce-077695 Bryson resigns from Commerce Politico June 21, 2012 July 16, 2016 June 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613061030/http://www.politico.com//news/stories/0612/77695.html live June 22 Jerry Sandusky, former American football coach at Pennsylvania State University, is convicted on 45 charges of child sex abuse. He is on suicide watch.http://www.ajc.com/sports/official-sandusky-jury-has-1462298.html AP via Atlanta Journal-Constitution Pixar Animation Studios' 13th feature film, Brave, is released in theaters. June 25 Arizona defeats South Carolina to win its first College World Series title since 1986 and fourth overall. Arizona outfielder Robert Refsnyder is named the Most Outstanding Player.2012-06-25 Arizona ends South Carolina's run at CWS https://www.espn.com/college-sports/baseball/cws/recap?gameId=320625293&league=CWS 2025-11-21 ESPN.com en Associated Press Arizona v. United States: In a 5–3 decision, the US Supreme Court strikes down most of the Arizona Immigration Law passed in 2010, but unanimously upholds the most controversial provision, which allows police officers to ask the immigration status of any person suspected of a crime.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/arizona-immigration-law-ruling_n_1614067.html Arizona Immigration Law Ruling: Supreme Court Delivers Split Decision Huffingtonpost.com June 26, 2012 August 18, 2012 August 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829180720/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/arizona-immigration-law-ruling_n_1614067.html live June 28 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius: In a 5–4 decision, the US Supreme Court upholds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as constitutional under the taxing and spending clause.http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/13315411-418/supreme-court-strike-down-individual-mandate.html Supreme Court rules Obamacare individual mandate constitutional – Chicago Sun-Times Suntimes.com August 18, 2012 August 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120818125151/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/13315411-418/supreme-court-strike-down-individual-mandate.html live US Attorney General Eric Holder is held in contempt of Congress by a vote of 255–67. Holder is the first Attorney General held in contempt of Congress in US history.https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/06/28/attorney-general-eric-holder-held-in-contempt-of-congress Attorney General Eric Holder Held in Contempt of Congress – U.S. News & World Report Usnews.com June 28, 2012 August 18, 2012 August 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120818110023/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/06/28/attorney-general-eric-holder-held-in-contempt-of-congress live United States and United Kingdom regulators hit Barclays bank with a record fine (US$453 million) for distorting key interest rates to rig international markets.https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-probing-more-banks-for-interest-rate-fixing/ UK probing more banks for interest rate fixing – Fox News Fox News June 28, 2012 July 16, 2016 June 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120629055406/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/28/barclays-ex-ceo-board-faces-decision-on-leader/ live Anthony Davis is chosen first in the 2012 NBA draft at Newark, New Jersey.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/06/live-nba-draft-grades-pick-by-pick-analysis-as-it-happens/1 NBA draft grades: Pick-by-pick analysis July 16, 2016 June 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150605045746/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/06/live-nba-draft-grades-pick-by-pick-analysis-as-it-happens/1 live Dealing a blow to the FBI's high-profile global copyright theft case, a New Zealand court rules that search warrants used to raid the home of Kim Dotcom, founder of MegaUpload, in connection to alleged copyright infringement were invalid.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-dotcom-court-idUSBRE85R08720120628 NZ court finds Megaupload search warrants illegal June 28, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817192821/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-dotcom-court-idUSBRE85R08720120628 live July July 2 NASA and Lockheed Martin unveil the first space-bound Orion spacecraft in Cape Canaveral.http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120702/SPACE/120702005/orion-delta-iv-4-spacecraft-kennedy-space-center Florida Today Florida Today January 20, 2013 July 6, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120706025858/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120702/SPACE/120702005/orion-delta-iv-4-spacecraft-kennedy-space-center live At least 2 million throughout the Eastern United States are still without power due to strong storms and a heat wave that killed 19 people.http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/02/us/extreme-heat/index.html Amid unrelenting heat, frustrations rise for tens of thousands still without power July 2, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 August 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160806063508/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/02/us/extreme-heat/index.html live GlaxoSmithKline settles the largest healthcare fraud case in US history for $3 billion.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-glaxo-settlement-idUSBRE8610S720120702 GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion July 2, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817113217/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-glaxo-settlement-idUSBRE8610S720120702 live July 9 – FBI has stopped assisting in DNS Changer Malware redirects; after this date Americans were told to visit the designated website to determine if their computers are infected.Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July https://web.archive.org/web/20120423225056/http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/23/hundreds-thousands-may-lose-internet-in-july/ April 23, 2012 . FoxNews.com (April 23, 2012) July 12 Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's report into the Penn State sex abuse scandal is released, alleging that late head football coach Joe Paterno and other school officials covered up child sexual abuse by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8159195/report-says-penn-state-nittany-lions-senior-officials-disregarded-children-welfare Report: Penn St. disregarded children's welfare July 12, 2012 July 16, 2016 April 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160403215525/http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8159195/report-says-penn-state-nittany-lions-senior-officials-disregarded-children-welfare live Wells Fargo decides to pay a $175 million settlement in a subprime mortgage compensation case.https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-wells-fargo-to-pay-175m-in-subprime-mortgage-settlement-20120712,0,964689.story Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune January 20, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120730061145/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-wells-fargo-to-pay-175m-in-subprime-mortgage-settlement-20120712,0,964689.story July 30, 2012 dead July 16 NBCUniversal buys full control of the US news website MSNBC.com and rebrands it as NBCNews.com.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna48180815 MSNBC.com becomes NBCNews.com NBC News July 16, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150323085343/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48180815 live The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Truvada as the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/truvada-approved-by-fda-as-first-hiv-prevention-pill/ Truvada approved by FDA as first HIV-prevention pill CBS News July 16, 2016 October 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131011225715/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57473116-10391704/truvada-approved-by-fda-as-first-hiv-prevention-pill/ live July 17 – After President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate was released by the White House on April 27, 2011,https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate-long-form.pdf White House: birth certificate August 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20170125144906/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate-long-form.pdf January 25, 2017 National Archives whitehouse.gov live Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio contends that the document is a computer-generated forgery. Additionally, his six-month-long review included an examination of President Obama's Selective Service card and contended that it, also, is a forgery. Their claims were presented at that press conference, and at a second press conference held on March 31, 2012.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7400631n Sheriff Arpaio says Obama's birth certificate is forged – CBS News Video Cbsnews.com May 23, 2013 May 20, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130520161545/http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7400631n live The allegations regarding the birth certificate were repeated at a July 17, 2012, news conference, where Arpaio stated that his investigators are certain that Obama's long-form birth certificate is fraudulent.Associated Press Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Obama birth record 'definitely fraudulent' http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_21097312/maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio-obama-birth-record Daily News (Los Angeles) July 18, 2012 July 17, 2012 In response to Arpaio's claims, Joshua A. Wisch, a special assistant to Hawaii's attorney general, said, "President Obama was born in Honolulu, and his birth certificate is valid. Regarding the latest allegations from a sheriff in Arizona, they are untrue, misinformed and misconstrue Hawaii law."July 17, 2012 https://www.politico.com/story/2012/07/arpaio-birth-certificate-a-fraud-078645 Joe Arpaio: Obama birth certificate a fraud Associated Press Politico May 23, 2013 July 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120720021149/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78645.html live July 20 – 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting: Twelve people die and 70 are injured in a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. The shooter, James Holmes, opens fire on a crowd during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. He is found behind the theater claiming to be "The Joker".http://gma.yahoo.com/colorado-batman-movie-shooting-suspect-phd-student-085940589--abc-news-topstories.html Colorado Movie Theater Shooting: 70 Victims The Largest Mass Shooting – Yahoo! Gma.yahoo.com July 20, 2012 August 18, 2012 July 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120721004136/http://gma.yahoo.com/colorado-batman-movie-shooting-suspect-phd-student-085940589--abc-news-topstories.html dead July 22 – Thirteen are killed and another 10 are injured when a pickup truck crashes in Texas.http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/texas-truck-wreck/index.html 14 die when packed pickup truck crashes in Texas Leslie Tripp July 23, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 August 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160806011011/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/texas-truck-wreck/index.html live July 23 – The NCAA announces severe penalties against Penn State's football program as a result of the school's child sex abuse scandal as a result of the scandal coach Joe Paterno has his wins from 1998 to 2011 vacated dropping him from 1st to 12th on the list of college football career coaching wins leaders. However his wins are restored three years later as part of a settlement.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8191027/penn-state-nittany-lions-hit-60-million-fine-4-year-bowl-ban-wins-dating-1998 PSU: $60M fine, 4-year bowl ban, wins to 1998 July 23, 2012 July 16, 2016 April 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160409174434/http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8191027/penn-state-nittany-lions-hit-60-million-fine-4-year-bowl-ban-wins-dating-1998 live July 25 – Dawn (spacecraft) begins its departure from 4 Vesta. The spacecraft is using its ion propulsion system to gradually raise its orbit.Dawn Gets Extra Time to Explore Vesta NASA http://www.nasa.gov./mission_pages/dawn/news/dawn20120418.html April 18, 2012 April 24, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120421191416/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/news/dawn20120418.html April 21, 2012 July 27–August 12 – The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in London, England and win 46 gold, 29 silver, and 29 bronze medals.February 2013 July 31 – 2012 Summer Olympics: In swimming, Michael Phelps of the United States wins a record 19th Olympic medal, with gold in the 4 × 200 meters freestyle relay.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/19040217 BBC Sport July 16, 2016September 2025 medicmedic August thumb|right|120px|August 8: Curiosity's first 360 degrees color panorama image.http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia16051_figure_1_raw_smaller-full.jpg First 360 color panorama September 3, 2012 January 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130127004523/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia16051_figure_1_raw_smaller-full.jpg live thumb|alt=A low-quality photo of a television monitor showing Armstrong on the lunar module's ladder|120px|August 25: Neil Armstrong dies – Armstrong prepares to take the first step on the Moon. August 5 – White Supremacist Wade Michael Page opens fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six and wounding four before committing suicide after police arrived.http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/us/wisconsin-temple-shooting/index.html Gunman, six others dead at Wisconsin Sikh temple August 5, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 November 8, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121108170132/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/us/wisconsin-temple-shooting/index.html live August 6 A fire at the Chevron Richmond Refinery in Richmond, California spreads thick black smoke over Contra Costa County, prompting warnings from officials to shelter in place.http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21250598/large-fire-burning-at-chevron-refinery-richmond Massive fire at Chevron refinery in Richmond fully contained; shelter in place lifted August 6, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065907/http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21250598/large-fire-burning-at-chevron-refinery-richmond live NASA's Mars Science Laboratory lands with the Curiosity rover.NASA's Launch Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20100201184244/http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html February 1, 2010 . Nasa.gov (October 6, 2011). Retrieved on October 10, 2011. August 8 Marvin Lee Wilson is executed by the state of Texas, despite the low IQ results that could have invalidated his punishment.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-executes-man-despite-low-iq-claims/ Texas executes man despite low IQ claims CBS News July 16, 2016 August 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120811002327/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57488757/texas-executes-man-despite-low-iq-claims/ live Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter in the 2011 Tucson shooting, pleads guilty to all charges and is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jared-lee-loughners-long-term-prison-home-unclear/ Jared Lee Loughner's long term prison home unclear CBS News July 16, 2016 May 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130506213737/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57489668/jared-lee-loughners-long-term-prison-home-unclear/ live August 12 Kissing Shakespeare, a debut novel is published.http://www.pammingle.com/tag/kissing-shakespeare/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120620044854/http://www.pammingle.com/tag/kissing-shakespeare/ usurped June 20, 2012 Kissing Shakespeare PamMingle.com 2014-02-17 Golfer Rory McIlroy wins the 2012 US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/19236496 Rory McIlroy wins US PGA Championship by eight shots Saj Chowdhury BBC Sport July 16, 2016 February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010239/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/19236496 live August 16 – After an outbreak of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus kills at least 17 people, the mayor of Dallas Mike Rawlings declares a state of emergency in the city. This paves the way for aerial spraying of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides from tonight on. Many residents express their concerns over safety and effectiveness; they suggest other preventive methods of mosquito control. Officials said the measures could cost as much as $1.2 million.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/08/2012815224318379485.html Virus emergency declared in Texas July 16, 2016 September 24, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160924020106/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/08/2012815224318379485.html liveOver the whole of the United States for the year, there were 243 deaths out of 5387 total cases. August 24 2012 Empire State Building shooting: A gunman shoots and kills a former coworker near the Empire State Building in New York City. Following the initial shooting, police kill the gunman, and nine other people are wounded.http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/justice/new-york-empire-state/index.html 2 dead, 9 wounded in Empire State Building shootings, police say David Ariosto August 24, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 August 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160810082358/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/justice/new-york-empire-state/index.html live A jury in the U.S. state of California rules that Samsung Electronics owes Apple Inc. over US$1 billion for patent infringement.https://gizmodo.com/5937781/samsung-owes-apple-105-billion-in-damages-so-far Samsung Owes Apple a Comedically Huge $1.05 Billion in Damages (Updated) Brian Barrett August 24, 2012 July 16, 2016 June 25, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160625191956/http://gizmodo.com/5937781/samsung-owes-apple-105-billion-in-damages-so-far live The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in the case Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum, awards Sony BMG US$675,000 in statutory damages against Joel Tenenbaum, who shared 30 MP3 files through the defunct Kazaa network.http://www.decryptedtech.com/news/joel-tenenbaum-675000-dollar-fine-upheld-in-latest-round-with-the-riaa Joel Tenenbaum 675,000 Dollar Fine Upheld in Latest Round With The RIAA Sean Kalinich July 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20120830191539/http://www.decryptedtech.com/news/joel-tenenbaum-675000-dollar-fine-upheld-in-latest-round-with-the-riaa August 30, 2012 dead The United States Anti-Doping Agency says it will ban former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong for life and recommend he be stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/lance-armstrong-faces-lifetime-ban-from-usada-tour-de-france-titles-in-jeopardy/2012/08/24/053a2320-ed98-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_story.html Lance Armstrong faces lifetime ban from USADA; Tour de France titles in jeopardy The Washington Post July 16, 2016 October 14, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121014160449/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/lance-armstrong-faces-lifetime-ban-from-usada-tour-de-france-titles-in-jeopardy/2012/08/24/053a2320-ed98-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_story.html live August 25 – Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut and the first person to walk upon the Moon, dies at age 82.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/neil-armstrong-dead-at-age-82-report/news-story/97b1cc555c2a6f57a5d82ab62240244f Neil Armstrong dead at age 82 – report The Australian August 25, 2012 August 26, 2012 August 25, 2012 subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20120825212537/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/neil-armstrong-dead-at-age-82-report/story-fn3dxix6-1226458176249 live August 30 – Lucimarian Tolliver mother of GMA host Robin Roberts dies at the age of 88. September thumb|right|120px|September 21 – December 28: New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak September 3 – Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, a spinoff of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuts on PBS Kids.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fred-rogers-legacy-lives-a-217532 Fred Rogers' Legacy Lives on With a 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' Animated Spin Off From PBS The Hollywood Reporter July 31, 2011 March 16, 2021 October 12, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012151055/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fred-rogers-legacy-lives-a-217532 live September 4 – The NASA space probe Dawn escapes from 4 Vesta to begin its flight to Ceres (arriving in February 2015).Dawn Engineers Assess Reaction Wheel https://web.archive.org/web/20150315131809/http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/engineers_assess_reaction_wheel.asp March 15, 2015 September 9 – American tennis player Serena Williams wins her fourth Women's Singles at the US Open.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/19531577 BBC Sport July 16, 2016September 2025 medicmedic September 10 An agreement is reached allowing the completion of the US National September 11 Memorial & Museum on the World Trade Center site in New York City.http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Agreement-reached-for-Sept-11-museum-s-completion-3854471.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120911222500/http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Agreement-reached-for-Sept-11-museum-s-completion-3854471.php dead Seattle PI September 11, 2012 In lawn tennis, Andy Murray of the United Kingdom wins the Men's Singles of the 2012 US Open defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to become the first British player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade, and the first British man to do so since Fred Perry.http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/09/11/murray-downs-djokovic-to-win-us-open/ Murray downs Djokovic to win US Open September 11, 2012 July 16, 2016 September 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160917002647/http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/09/11/murray-downs-djokovic-to-win-us-open/ live September 11 – United States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and Consulate in Benghazi, Libya are attacked by protesters claiming because of film produced by the Coptic Christian diaspora in Washington, mocking the Muslim prophet. Although no link has been made to the planned terrorist attack in Benghazi, it was claimed by the insurgent group Ansar al-Sharia. The attackers are responsible for killing a consulate staff, J. Christopher Stevens, two former U.S. Navy SEALs and GRS Agents Glen "Bub" Doherty and Tyrone "Rone" Woods, and Information Officer Sean Smith in Benghazi.2012-09-12 Arab, regional media outraged by prophet film https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-19572694 2025-11-21 BBC News en-GB Stevens was the first sitting U.S. ambassador to be killed in office since Adolph Dubs in Afghanistan in 1979.http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-us-ambassador-killed/index.html U.S. ambassador to Libya, 3 others killed in rocket attack, witness says CNN September 12, 2012 September 12, 2012 September 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120912223600/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-us-ambassador-killed/index.html live September 14 S&P Dow Jones Indices announces that UnitedHealth Group will replace Kraft Foods among the stock issuers that constitute the Dow Jones Industrial Average.https://www.cnbc.com/2012/09/14/unitedhealth-to-replace-kraft-in-dow-industrial-average.html UnitedHealth to Replace Kraft in Dow Industrial Average CNBC September 14, 2012 July 16, 2016 August 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160820210711/http://www.cnbc.com/id/49031374 live Jack Daniel McCullough, formerly known as John Tessier, is convicted of the 1957 Sycamore, IL kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph.Tibbles Kevin 72-year-old ex-cop convicted of slaying Illinois girl in 1957 http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/14/13862379-72-year-old-ex-cop-convicted-of-slaying-illinois-girl-in-1957 NBC News and The Associated Press December 3, 2012 September 14, 2012 November 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121121092924/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/14/13862379-72-year-old-ex-cop-convicted-of-slaying-illinois-girl-in-1957 live He is later sentenced to life imprisonment.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2012/12/09/mccullough-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/ab5fry8/ December 10, 2012 DeKalb IL Chronicle McCullough sentenced to life in prison December 10, 2012 December 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121212175634/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2012/12/09/mccullough-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/ab5fry8/ dead September 16 The National Hockey League locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement.https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/8382911/nhl-officially-locks-players-cba-expires NHL officially locks out players as CBA expires September 15, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322053906/http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8382911/nhl-officially-locks-players-cba-expires live RazorThreat software company of Ponticac, Michigan expands the reseller program, partnering with Ficus Consulting Group.https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/09/17/razorthreat-partners-with-the-ficus-consulting-group-expanding-its-reseller-program/ RazorThreat Partners with the Ficus Consulting Group Expanding its Reseller Program 2012-09-17 en-US 2020-04-10 September 21–December 28 – There are 39 deaths out of 656 cases of people in 19 states infected with fungal meningitis from contaminated steroid medicine produced at an unsanitary compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts.http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/health/meningitis-exposure/index.html More patients linked to fungal meningitis infections, CDC says Miriam Falco October 5, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818113156/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/health/meningitis-exposure/index.html live September 23 – Researchers find that there are four genetically distinct types of breast cancer.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/health/study-finds-variations-of-breast-cancer.html Study Divides Breast Cancer Into Four Distinct Types September 24, 2012 The New York Times July 16, 2016 September 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120924091105/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/health/study-finds-variations-of-breast-cancer.html live September 27 The National Football League and the NFL Referees Association reach an agreement, ending the referee lockout that has been ongoing since June of this year.https://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2012/09/deal_done_betwe.html AP via Boston Globe February 20, 2020 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085348/http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2012/09/deal_done_betwe.html dead A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, a sign company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; five people are killed, including the gunman who committed suicide, and four others are wounded.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/minneapolis-shooting-accent-signage-systems_n_1921261.html Huffington Post HuffPost February 20, 2020 November 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131107230824/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/minneapolis-shooting-accent-signage-systems_n_1921261.html live September 28 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuts on Nickelodeon.http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/06/nickelodeons-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-set-to-premiere-saturday-sept-29/140644/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120710072500/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/06/nickelodeons-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-set-to-premiere-saturday-sept-29/140644/ dead July 10, 2012 Nickelodeon's 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Set to Premiere Saturday, Sept. 29 TV By the Numbers July 6, 2012 29 August 2016 October thumb|right|120px|October 29: Hurricane Sandy: Large portions of the Manhattan borough of New York City were without electricity October 3 – The first U.S. presidential debate of 2012 is held at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.October 2012 October 5 – The Los Angeles Police Department fails to obtain a search warrant when a federal judge in Texas blocks their attempt to obtain 1970s tapes of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney. LA Police believe this evidence could help solve more than a dozen murders.https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-stops-lapd-warrant-for-manson-follower-tapes Judge stops LAPD warrant for Manson follower tapes – Fox News Fox News October 19, 2012 July 16, 2016 November 23, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131123221357/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/19/judge-stops-lapd-warrant-for-manson-follower-tapes/ live October 7 – SpaceX CRS-1 launches as the third flight for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation's (also known as SpaceX) uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, the fourth overall flight for the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle, and the first SpaceX operational mission under their Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/spacex-crs1-target.html NASA – SpaceX, NASA Target Oct. 7 Launch For Resupply Mission To Space Station July 16, 2016 April 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130406081057/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/spacex-crs1-target.html live October 8 – President Obama establishes César E. Chávez National Monument, encompassing the former headquarters of the United Farm Workers and the gravesite of Cesar Chavez in Keene, California.https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/10/01/president-obama-establish-c-sar-e-ch-vez-national-monument President Obama to Establish César E. Chávez Nat'l Monument October 1, 2012 National Archives whitehouse.gov October 8, 2012 October 9 Frenchman Serge Haroche and American David Wineland win the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on quantum optics.Press release – Particle control in a quantum world https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2012/press.html Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences October 9, 2012 October 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011045925/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2012/press.html live An audio recording of Jerry Sandusky is released in which he "wonders what they've won". A court sentences Sandusky to 30–60 years in prison for sexual abuse of boys while a coach at Penn State. His lawyer vows to appeal and says he did not have enough time to prepare for the trial.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/08/sandusky-releases-defiant-audio-claiming-innocence/1621723/ Sandusky sentenced on child sex abuse charges USA Today July 16, 2016 May 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160502004935/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/08/sandusky-releases-defiant-audio-claiming-innocence/1621723/ live October 10 Two American scientists, Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka, win the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on discovering the inner workings of G protein-coupled receptors.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-chemistry-idUSBRE8990EN20121010 Cell receptor research wins Americans chemistry Nobel October 10, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters Scrutton Patrick Lannin August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817130033/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-chemistry-idUSBRE8990EN20121010 live Chicago Fire debuts on NBC. https://www.wect.com/story/18806700/revolution-premiere-date-scheduled/ NBC schedules premiere date for "Revolution" June 17, 2012 June 18, 2012 October 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131014061959/http://www.wect.com/story/18806700/revolution-premiere-date-scheduled live Arrow debuts on The CW.June 28, 2012 The CW Network Announces Fall 2012 Premiere Dates for 'Arrow,' 'Supernatural,' 'Nikita,' 'Vampire Diaries' & More http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/28/the-cw-network-announces-fall-2012-premiere-dates/139823/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120630012339/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/28/the-cw-network-announces-fall-2012-premiere-dates/139823/ June 30, 2012 July 5, 2012 TV By the Numbers October 11 – Martha Raddatz hosts the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan at Centre College. October 12 – American attorney Ryan Poston is shot to death by his girlfriend Shayna Hubers in Highland Heights, Kentucky. Hubers falsely claimed the shooting was in self-defense and was later convicted of Poston's murder, with the perpetrator compared to Jodi Arias, convicted of the murder of Travis Alexander. https://abcnews.go.com/US/murdered-kentucky-lawyers-shayna-hubers-sentencing-made-sick/story?id=31524068 Murdered Kentucky Lawyer's Ex Says Shayna Hubers' Sentencing Made Her 'Sick to My Stomach' ABC News February 9, 2020 December 26, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191226031717/https://abcnews.go.com/US/murdered-kentucky-lawyers-shayna-hubers-sentencing-made-sick/story?id=31524068 live October 14 – Felix Baumgartner breaks the world human ascent by balloon record before space diving out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon over Roswell, New Mexico.http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/14/us/skydiver-record-attempt/index.html 'Goosebumps' as daredevil jumps from edge of space Dugald McConnell Josh Levs Brian Todd October 14, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 July 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160702022137/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/14/us/skydiver-record-attempt/index.html live October 16 The second U.S. presidential debate of 2012 is held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.October 2012 The CEO of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, announces his resignation from that post, and is immediately succeeded by Michael Corbat.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-pandit-idUSBRE89F0O420121016 Citi's CEO Pandit exits abruptly after board clash October 16, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters August 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160804123745/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-pandit-idUSBRE89F0O420121016 live The British computer hacker Gary McKinnon wins his ten-year legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States after Home Secretary Theresa May tells the House of Commons she has blocked the order.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19968973 Gary McKinnon's mother 'overwhelmed' as extradition blocked BBC News October 17, 2012 July 16, 2016 October 26, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161026013023/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19968973 live October 18 American weekly news magazine Newsweek announces it will cease print publication on December 31 and will move to an online-only format.https://money.cnn.com/2012/10/18/news/companies/newsweek-print-edition/index.html Newsweek to end publication of its print edition Chris Isidore October 18, 2012 July 16, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818123313/http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/18/news/companies/newsweek-print-edition/index.html dead The Boy Scouts of America release documents containing over 15,000 pages relating to allegations of sexual abuse by over 1200 scout leaders between 1965 and 1985.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/us/boy-scout-documents-reveal-decades-of-sexual-abuse.html Boy Scout Files Give Glimpse Into 20 Years of Sex Abuse October 19, 2012 The New York Times July 16, 2016 December 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161203182549/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/us/boy-scout-documents-reveal-decades-of-sexual-abuse.html live October 19 – At the Dallas State Fair, Big Tex burns down because of a fire in his right boot. October 22 – The third U.S. presidential debate of 2012 was held at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/presidential-debate-full-transcript/story?id=17538888 FULL TRANSCRIPT: Final Presidential Debate October 23, 2012 ABC News July 16, 2016 August 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160803225439/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/presidential-debate-full-transcript/story?id=17538888 live October 25 – A New York Police Department officer, Gilberto Valle III, along with an unnamed co-conspirator, is charged with allegedly conspiring to cross state lines and kidnap, torture, cook, and eat women (at least 100 names and pictures, some with physical descriptions, were found on his computer).https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-nypd-idUSBRE89O16A20121025 New York police officer charged with plan to cook, eat women Katz Basil October 25, 2012 Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20230817045049/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-nypd-idUSBRE89O16A20121025 August 17, 2023 live August 16, 2023 October 26 – Microsoft releases Windows 8.Windows 8 Release Event https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/windows-8-release-surface-tablet_n_2017378.html Leske Nicola Huffington Post October 25, 2012 June 23, 2016 August 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160822202310/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/windows-8-release-surface-tablet_n_2017378.html live October 28 – The San Francisco Giants sweep The Detroit Tigers in 4 games during the 2012 World Series to win their 2nd championship in the last 3 years.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/sweep-giants-finish-off-tigers-133934378--mlb.html How sweep it is: Giants finish off Tigers July 16, 2016 August 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160827102344/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sweep-giants-finish-off-tigers-133934378--mlb.html live October 29 Hurricane Sandy's storm surge slams into the Eastern seaboard and causes destruction especially in the states of New Jersey and New York. In addition to record flooding damage along the Jersey Shore in Atlantic City and Seaside Heights, the superstorm causes almost 50 deaths in the states and leaves more than 8 million customers (all of Lower Manhattan, 65% of New Jersey, and many more) without electricity. In New York City alone, 18 deaths are reported, subways and tunnels are flooded for days, 80 homes are destroyed by an electrical fire in Breezy Point, Queens, and waters reach record highs in Battery Park. With the storm being late in the hurricane season, there are also blizzards in West Virginia.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/49605748 Sandy's mammoth wake: 46 dead, millions without power, transit NBC News October 31, 2012 July 16, 2016 July 30, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140730045906/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49605748 dead The New York Stock Exchange closes for trading for two days, the first weather closure of the exchange since 1985.https://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-stock-market-closed-on-tuesday-20121029,0,6584599.story Stock market to remain closed Tuesday - latimes.com Andrew Tangel October 29, 2012 Los Angeles Times October 29, 2012 October 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121029210126/http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-stock-market-closed-on-tuesday-20121029,0,6584599.story live It is also the first two-day weather closure since the Great Blizzard of 1888.http://marketday.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/29/14778477-hurricane-sandy-to-keep-stock-markets-shuttered-tuesday Hurricane Sandy to keep stock markets shuttered Tuesday – Market Day October 29, 2012 October 29, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121030044444/http://marketday.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/29/14778477-hurricane-sandy-to-keep-stock-markets-shuttered-tuesday October 30, 2012 Penguin and Random House agree to merge to form Penguin Random House, the world's largest publisher.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20126364 Penguin and Random House confident merger will be approved BBC News October 29, 2012 July 16, 2016 April 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160414221259/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20126364 live October 30 – The Walt Disney Company purchases Lucasfilm Ltd. from George Lucas for US$4.05 billion. Included in the deal are the rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.Associated Press https://web.archive.org/web/20121031235719/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/disney-buying-lucasfilm-405-billion October 31, 2012 November thumb|right|120px|November 6: Barack Obama reelected President November 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 52nd feature film, Wreck-It Ralph, is released in theaters and is a critical and commercial success. November 6 – 2012 elections Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/obama-elected-2012_n_2084515.html Obama Elected 2012: President Clinches Electoral Vote Win Huffingtonpost.com November 6, 2012 May 23, 2013 Elyse Siegel April 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130426111337/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/obama-elected-2012_n_2084515.html live Democrats maintain a majority in the Senate.http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/06/politics/senate-preview/index.html Democrats keep control of Senate CNN.com November 7, 2012 May 23, 2013 May 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130513094920/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/06/politics/senate-preview/index.html live Republicans maintain a majority in the House.https://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2012/11/06/congress-election-republicans-house-boehner/1684865/ Boehner, Republicans keep House majority Usatoday.com November 6, 2012 May 23, 2013 Catalina Camia May 30, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130530093227/http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2012/11/06/congress-election-republicans-house-boehner/1684865/ live Maine becomes the first state to legalize gay marriage via voter referendum. Maryland and Washington do the same. Minnesota also rejects a constitutional amendment which would have banned same-sex marriage.Gov. Gregoire and Secretary Reed certify Referendum 74 Governor of Washington December 5, 2012 http://www.governor.wa.gov/news/news-view.asp?pressRelease=2011&newsType=1 December 10, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130108054334/http://www.governor.wa.gov/news/news-view.asp?pressRelease=2011&newsType=1 January 8, 2013 Washington becomes the first state to legalize marijuana. Colorado does the same.Bly Laura November 7, 2012 https://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2012/11/07/colorado-washington-legalize-recreational-marijuana-tourism/1689269/ Colorado, Washington OK Recreational Marijuana Use USA Today November 7, 2012 November 8, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121108004909/http://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2012/11/07/colorado-washington-legalize-recreational-marijuana-tourism/1689269// live Puerto Rico votes to become a state. Congressional approval is still needed.http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/politics/election-puerto-rico/index.html Puerto Ricans favor statehood for first time CNN.com November 8, 2012 May 23, 2013 October 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006192057/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/politics/election-puerto-rico/index.html live November 8 – Jared Lee Loughner, the perpetrator in the 2011 Tucson shooting, is given 7 consecutive life sentences.https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-jared-loughner-life-in-prison-20121108,0,878153.story Jared Loughner sentenced to life in Tucson mass shooting Michael Muskal November 8, 2012 July 16, 2016 LA Times March 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130304235851/http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-jared-loughner-life-in-prison-20121108,0,878153.story live November 15 – Deepwater Horizon oil spill: BP announces it will plead guilty to charges of manslaughter and obstruction of Congress, and will pay a total of US$4.5 billion to the US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324556304578120140555122104 BP Slapped With Record Fine Tom Fowler Wall Street Journal November 16, 2012 July 16, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818175330/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324556304578120140555122104 live Separately, the two highest-ranking BP supervisors on board the Deepwater Horizon on the day of the explosion have been indicted on 23 criminal counts.https://money.cnn.com/2012/11/15/news/bp-oil-spill-settlement/index.html BP to pay record fine for Gulf oil spill Chris Isidore, Charles Riley and Terry Frieden November 15, 2012 July 16, 2016 April 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160418195330/http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/15/news/bp-oil-spill-settlement/index.html dead November 16 – Hostess Brands, which includes such brands as cakes Twinkies, announces it will file for bankruptcy and liquidate its assets, stating that a bakery union's worker strike stemming from contract disputes "crippled" its operations. 18,500 workers are expected to be laid off.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-11-16/twinkie-maker-hostess-to-shut-down-after-strike Hostess Seen Attracting Bids for Assets From Flowers Dawn McCarty Phil Milford Duane D. Stanford Bloomberg.com November 17, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 8, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160308203336/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-11-16/twinkie-maker-hostess-to-shut-down-after-strike live November 18 – 2012 United States Grand Prix (2012 Formula One World Championship): Lewis Hamilton won the race, his last for McLaren before his move to Mercedes, with Sebastian Vettel finishing second and Fernando Alonso in third.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/20387974 Lewis Hamilton beats Sebastian Vettel in US GP, Alonso third 18 November 2012 BBC Sport 20 November 2012 Hamilton wins from Vettel and Alonso, title battle goes to wire Matt Beer http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104366 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications November 18, 2012 November 18, 2012 November 20 – Puerto Rican professional boxer Héctor Camacho is shot multiple times in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The driver of Camacho's car is killed in the attack. Shot in the neck and face, Camacho is taken to St. Paul's Hospital in Río Piedras, where he is pronounced "brain dead".http://www.elnuevoherald.com/ultimas-noticias/article2019111.html Macho Camacho en condición crítica tras tiroteo en Puerto Rico July 16, 2016 October 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161004000725/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/ultimas-noticias/article2019111.html live November 30 – A New Hampshire federal grand jury indicts David Kwiatkowski, 33, a former employee of Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire, on fraud and product-tampering charges in connection with an outbreak of hepatitis C that sickened more than 30 people and caused concern in 7 states.http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/29/health/hepatitis-infections-indictment/index.html Ex-hospital worker indicted in hepatitis C infections November 30, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818152207/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/29/health/hepatitis-infections-indictment/index.html live December thumb|right|120px|December 14: Newtown, Connecticut, location of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting December 5 – American businessman John McAfee is arrested in Guatemala following an alleged illegal entry after leaving Belize where he is wanted for questioning over the death of fellow American Gregory Faull.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belize-mcafee-arrest-idUSBRE8B504H20121206 Guatemala detains McAfee, to expel him to Belize December 6, 2012 July 16, 2016 Reuters Kriel Sofia Menchu July 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160710081720/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-belize-mcafee-arrest-idUSBRE8B504H20121206 live December 6 – Washington Initiative 502 comes into effect, making Washington the 1st state to legalize recreational cannabis.Marijuana goes legal in Washington state December 8 American football player Josh Brent of the Dallas Cowboys is arrested for driving while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter in relation to the death of teammate Jerry Brown.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2012/12/08/josh-brent-arrest/1755831/ Cowboys' Josh Brent arrested after crash kills teammate Jerry Brown USA Today July 16, 2016 November 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151110114625/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2012/12/08/josh-brent-arrest/1755831/ live Texas A&M University quarterback Johnny Manziel becomes the first freshman ever to win the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding player in U.S. college football.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8727326/johnny-manziel-texas-aggies-wins-2012-heisman-trophy Aggies' Manziel first freshman to win Heisman December 9, 2012 July 16, 2016 March 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307021841/http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8727326/johnny-manziel-texas-aggies-wins-2012-heisman-trophy live December 9 – The wreckage of a plane carrying American singer Jenni Rivera with two pilots and four other passengers is found in northern Mexico with no apparent survivors.http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/09/world/americas/mexico-singer-plane/index.html Plane of missing singer likely found in Mexico December 9, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 March 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306072412/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/09/world/americas/mexico-singer-plane/index.html live December 10 Colorado Amendment 64 comes into effect, making Colorado the 2nd state to legalize recreational cannabis.Governor signs Amendment 64, marijuana officially legal in Colorado The trial of Jodi Arias begins in Arizona. She is accused of the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander and the case receives widespread media attention. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jodi-arias-a-timeline-of-a-sensational-murder-case/ Jodi Arias: A timeline of a sensational murder case CBS News May 21, 2013 December 20, 2020 October 1, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211001230131/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jodi-arias-a-timeline-of-a-sensational-murder-case/ live December 11 The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit strikes down Illinois's ban on concealed weapons. Illinois is the last state in the United States not to enact a concealed carry law.https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-us-appeals-court-strikes-down-states-concealedcarry-ban-20121211,0,7034171.story Concealed carry: Court strikes down Illinois' ban chicagotribune.com December 11, 2012 May 23, 2013 Ray Long Annie Sweeney Monique Garcia May 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130507040412/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-us-appeals-court-strikes-down-states-concealedcarry-ban-20121211,0,7034171.story live Syrian civil war: President Barack Obama recognizes Syria's rebel opposition as the "legitimate representatives" of the Syrian people.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20690148 US recognises Syria opposition coalition says Obama BBC News December 12, 2012 July 16, 2016 October 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017113820/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20690148 live British-based bank HSBC will pay U.S. authorities $1.9 billion in a settlement over money laundering for drug cartels and countries under sanctions, the largest ever such penalty.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20673466 HSBC to pay $1.9bn in US money laundering penalties BBC News December 11, 2012 July 16, 2016 July 15, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160715233534/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20673466 live Michigan's state government passes right-to-work legislation, making Michigan the 23rd state and the most highly unionized state in the US to have such laws.https://money.cnn.com/2012/12/11/news/economy/michigan-right-to-work-vote/index.html Michigan bills weakening union power signed into law Tami Luhby December 11, 2012 July 16, 2016 August 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160801205519/http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/11/news/economy/michigan-right-to-work-vote/index.html dead December 14 – Twenty-six people, including 20 children (ages 6 and 7), are killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.https://abc7.com/archive/8920657/ Deadliest mass shootings around the world ABC News KABC-TV December 14, 2012 December 14, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121218105516/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Fnational_world&id=8920657 December 18, 2012 live Prior to the school shooting, Adam Lanza, age 20, shot and killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, age 52, at the home they shared in Newtown, as the 27th victim. The suspect killed himself during the incident. It is the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. December 15–30 – United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sustained a concussion after fainting from dehydration at her home.http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/us/us-hillary-clinton-concussion/index.html Hillary Clinton faints, has concussion Elise Labott December 15, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 June 23, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160623224816/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/us/us-hillary-clinton-concussion/index.html live Subsequently, she is hospitalized after doctors discover a blood clot related to the concussion that she had had earlier in the month.http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/politics/hillary-clinton-hospitalized/index.html Hillary Clinton hospitalized after doctors discover blood clot Elise Labott December 31, 2012 CNN July 16, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818025806/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/politics/hillary-clinton-hospitalized/index.html live December 19 – Miss USA Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island wins Miss Universe.2012-12-20 Olivia Culpo wins Miss Universe 2012: Boston University sophomore becomes first American to win the title in 15 years https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/12/20/olivia-culpo-wins-miss-universe-2012-boston-university-sophomore-becomes-first-american-to-win-the-title-in-15-years/ 2025-11-21 New York Daily News en-US December 20 – The New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the United States and the world, is sold to Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange.http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2012-12-20-NYSE%20Euronext-IntercontinentalExchange/id-00faa4a8ef614a558689eb9b4454473a https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010238/http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2012-12-20-NYSE%20Euronext-IntercontinentalExchange/id-00faa4a8ef614a558689eb9b4454473a dead February 3, 2016 Associated Press Associated Press July 16, 2016 December 27 – Toyota Motor Corporation, moving to put years of legal problems behind it, has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle dozens of lawsuits relating to sudden acceleration.AP via The Washington Post December 30 – A tour bus crashes off Interstate 84 in northeastern Oregon, leaving 9 of its passengers dead and 26 injured.https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/killed-oregon-tour-bus-crash-84-18096026 U.S. News – National News ABC News July 16, 2016 January 1, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130101201515/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/killed-oregon-tour-bus-crash-84-18096026 live Ongoing War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Births March 2013 January 7 – Blue Ivy Carter, singer and daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z February 6 – Kai Zen, actress April 23 – Alan Kim, actor May 25 – J. J. Vallow, notable murder victim (d. 2019) June 4 – Vivien Lyra Blair, actress August 6 – Bella Bond, notable murder victim (d. 2015) Deaths October 2022 January thumb|120px|Etta James thumb|120px|Joe Paterno January 1 – Fred Milano, singer (b. 1939) January 2 William P. Carey, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930) Gordon Hirabayashi, sociologist and litigant, died in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (b. 1918) Jim Huber, sports commentator (b. 1944) Larry Reinhardt, guitarist (b. 1948) January 3 Gene Bartow, college basketball coach (b. 1930) Robert L. Carter, civil rights activist and judge (b. 1917) January 4 Gatewood Galbraith, lawyer, author, and politician (b. 1947) David Wheeler, theatre director and producer (b. 1925) January 5 – Don Carter, professional bowler (b, 1926) January 6 Roger Boisjoly, aerodynamicist and engineer (b. 1938) John Celardo, illustrator (b. 1918) January 10 – Vince Gibson, American college football coach (b. 1933) January 12 Natalee Holloway, missing person declared-dead in absentia (b. 1986) Bill Janklow, 27th and 30th Governor of South Dakota from 1979 until 1987 and from 1995 until 2003. (b. 1939) Jim Stanley, American college football coach (b. 1934) January 13 – Richard Threlkeld, American journalist and author (b. 1937) January 17 – Johnny Otis, musician, composer, and record producer (b. 1921) January 19 Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (b. 1982) Gene Methvin, American pilot and journalist (b. 1934) January 20 John F. Baker Jr., soldier (b. 1945) Etta James, singer (b. 1938) January 21 Roy John Britten, biologist and geneticist (b. 1919) Cliff Chambers, baseball player (b. 1922) January 22 – Joe Paterno, American football coach (b. 1926) January 23 – Wesley E. Brown, district court judge (b. 1907) January 24 J. Joseph Garrahy, soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1930) James Farentino, actor (b. 1938) Patricia Neway, soprano and actress (b. 1919) January 26 Ian Abercrombie, English actor (b. 1934) Bud Byerly, baseball player (b. 1920) Robert Hegyes, actor (b. 1951) January 29 Damien Bona, historian and journalist (b. 1955) John Rich, director and producer (b. 1925) January 31 Leslie Carter, American singer (b. 1986) Ayelet Galena, notable child with rare congenital disease (b. 2009) February thumb|120px|Whitney Houston thumb|120px|Davy Jones February 1 Angelo Dundee, boxing trainer (b. 1921) Don Cornelius, television host (b. 1936) February 3 Ben Gazzara, actor (b. 1930) Zalman King, actor, director, and producer (b. 1942) February 6 – Peter Breck, actor (b. 1929) February 7 – Patricia Stephens Due, activist (b. 1939) February 11 – Whitney Houston, singer and wife of Bobby Brown (b. 1963)Sullivan Caroline Whitney Houston obituary https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/12/whitney-houston-obituary The Guardian April 2, 2020 February 12, 2012 October 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201004190845/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/12/whitney-houston-obituary/ live February 12 – Howard Zimmerman, chemist (b. 1926) February 15 John J. Yeosock, general (b. 1937) Charles Anthony, tenor (b. 1929) February 16 Gary Carter, baseball player (b. 1954) Anthony Shadid, journalist, died in Syria (b. 1968) February 19 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American Nobel virologist (b. 1914) Steve Kordek, pinball innovator (b. 1911) February 23 – Bruce Surtees, cinematographer (b. 1937) February 25 – Dick Davies, American basketball player (b. 1936) February 26 Don Joyce, American football player (b. 1929) Trayvon Martin, African-American teenager killed in shooting (b. 1995) Zollie Volchok, American basketball administrator (b. 1916) February 28 – Jim Green, American-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)Former Vancouver councillor Jim Green dies of cancer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/former-vancouver-councillor-jim-green-dies-of-cancer-1.1260211 CBC News February 28, 2012 March 9, 2012 March 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120301193359/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/28/bc-jim-green-dies.html live February 29 Davy Jones, British singer and actor, died in Indiantown, Florida (b. 1945) Sheldon Moldoff, comic book artist (b. 1920) March 120px|thumb|right|Andrew Breitbart 120px|thumb|right|Robert B. Sherman 120px|thumb|right|Earl Scruggs March 1 Andrew Breitbart, writer and publisher (b. 1969) Jerome Courtland, actor, director, and producer (b. 1926) March 2 Van T. Barfoot, army Colonel (b. 1919) James Q. Wilson, political scientist (b. 1931) March 3 Steve Bridges, impressionist (b. 1963) Leonardo Cimino, actor (b. 1917) Ralph McQuarrie, film concept artist (b. 1929) Ronnie Montrose, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947) Alex Webster, American football player and coach (b. 1931) March 4 – Don Mincher, American baseball player (b. 1938) March 5 William Heirens, murderer (b. 1928) Maurice Pechet, Canadian-born American physician, inventor, and philanthropist (b. 1918) Robert B. Sherman, songwriter, died in London, England (b. 1925) Ken Shipp, American football coach (b. 1929) March 8 – Charlie Hoag, American basketball player (b. 1931) March 10 Jay McMullen, journalist (b. 1921) Frank Sherwood Rowland, Nobel chemist (b. 1927) March 11 Wayne Frazier, American football player (b. 1939) James B. Morehead, Air Force pilot (b. 1916) March 12 Dick Harter, American basketball coach (b. 1930) Michael Hossack, musician (b. 1946) March 16 – John Ghindia, American football player (b. 1925) March 17 – John Cowles Jr., editor, publisher, and son of John Cowles, Sr. (b. 1929) March 18 – William R. Charette, Naval hospital corpsman (b. 1932) March 19 – Sanford N. McDonnell, mechanical engineer, business executive, and philanthropist (b. 1922) March 20 Ralph P. Hummel, political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1937) Mel Parnell, baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922) March 25 Bert Sugar, sportswriter and historian (b. 1936) Lex, notable canine (b. 1999) March 27 – Warren Stevens, actor (b. 1919) March 28 Jerry McCain, musician (b. 1930) Earl Scruggs, musician (b. 1924) March 29 – Luke Askew, actor (b. 1932) April thumb|120px|Mike Wallace thumb|120px|Dick Clark April 1 Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942) Rory Staunton, notable patient who died from sepsis (b. 1999) April 2 – Allie Clark, baseball player and politician (b. 1923) April 6 – Thomas Kinkade, painter (b. 1958) April 7 – Mike Wallace, journalist (b. 1918) April 10 Virginia Spencer Carr, author and academic (b. 1929) Carlos Truan, businessman and politician (b. 1935) John Weaver, American-Canadian sculptor (b. 1920) April 15 Bob Perani, Italian-American ice hockey player (b. 1942) Rich Saul, American football player (b. 1948) Bob Wright, basketball player and coach (b. 1926) April 18 – Dick Clark, television pop host (b. 1929) April 19 – Levon Helm, musician and actor (b. 1942) April 20 Matt Branam, engineer and academic (b. 1954) George Cowan, chemist, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1920) April 21 Charles Colson, lawyer and Watergate scandal figure (Special Counsel to President Nixon) (b. 1931) Fred Bradley, baseball player (b. 1920) April 23 – Chris Ethridge, guitarist (b. 1947) April 28 – Patricia Medina, British actress (b. 1919) May thumb|120px|Donna Summer thumb|120px|Doc Watson May 1 John Spencer Hardy, general (b. 1913) Charles Pitts, guitarist (The Bo-Keys) (b. 1947) Earl Rose, pathologist and academic (b. 1926) May 2 – Junior Seau, American football player (b. 1969) May 4 – Adam Yauch, rapper and songwriter (b. 1964) May 6 George Lindsey, American actor (b. 1928) Yale Summers, American actor (b. 1933) May 8 Jerry McMorris, American businessman (b. 1941) Maurice Sendak, writer (b. 1928) May 9 Carl Beane, sportscaster (b. 1952) Bertram Cohler, psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (b. 1938) Vidal Sassoon, British hairstylist and businessman (b. 1928) May 10 – Carroll Shelby, American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur (b. 1923) May 11 – Jack Benaroya, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1921) May 15 – Jean Craighead George, American author (b. 1919) May 17 Herbert Breslin, publicist and manager (b. 1924) Donna Summer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948) May 20 – Eugene Polley, American electronics engineer (b. 1915) May 23 T. Garry Buckley, soldier, pilot, and politician, 72nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (b. 1922) Hal Jackson, journalist and radio host (b. 1915) William C. Wampler, soldier and politician (b. 1926) May 27 – Johnny Tapia, professional boxer (b. 1967) May 29 – Doc Watson, American guitarist, songwriter, and singer (b. 1923) May 31 – Orlando Woolridge, basketball player (b. 1959) June thumb|120px|Richard Dawson thumb|120px|Ray Bradbury June 2 Richard Dawson, British-born American actor and television host (b. 1932) Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939) June 5 – Ray Bradbury, writer (b. 1920) June 6 – Daniel Orr, economist, university professor and writer (b. 1933)http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2012-07-09/daniel-orr.html Daniel Orr October 12, 2022 May 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115914/http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2012-07-09/daniel-orr.html live June 7 John T. Cunningham, journalist and historian (b. 1915) Cotton Owens, race car driver (b. 1924) Lil Phat, rapper and murder victim (b. 1992) J. Michael Riva, production designer and art director (b. 1948) Bob Welch, musician (b. 1945) June 8 Pete Brennan, basketball player (b. 1936)Pete Brennan, Tar Heel Legend, Dies At 75 https://web.archive.org/web/20120614015936/http://www.chapelboro.com/Pete-Brennan--Tar-Heel-Legend--Dies-At-75/13385783 2012-06-14 Frank Cady, actor. (b. 1915) June 11 Lee Allen, wrestler and coach (b. 1943) Dave Boswell, baseball player (b. 1945) Ann Rutherford, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1917) Stay High 149, painter (b. 1950) June 12 Henry Hill, mobster (b. 1943) Elinor Ostrom, Nobel economist (b. 1933) June 13 – William Standish Knowles, Nobel chemist (b. 1917) June 14 – Yvette Wilson, actress and comedian (b. 1964) June 16 – Susan Tyrrell, actress (b. 1945) June 17 – Rodney King, convicted criminal and police brutality victim (b. 1965) June 19 – Richard Lynch, actor (b. 1940) June 20 Judy Agnew, wife of Spiro Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (b. 1921) Robert J. Kelleher, tennis player and judge (b. 1913) LeRoy Neiman, artist (b. 1921) Andrew Sarris, critic (b. 1928) June 23 – Walter J. Zable, founder and CEO of Cubic Corporation (b. 1915) June 26 Nora Ephron, screenwriter, film producer, director, and wife of Carl Bernstein (b. 1941) Doris Singleton, actress (b. 1919) June 27 – Don Grady, actor, composer, and musician (b. 1944) July thumb|120px|Andy Griffith 120px|thumb|Ernest Borgnine July 1 – Alan G. Poindexter, American astronaut (b. 1961) July 2 – Ben Davidson, American football player (b. 1940) July 3 Andy Griffith, American actor (b. 1926) Hollie Stevens, American pornographic actress and model (b. 1982) July 4 Jimmy Bivins, boxer (b. 1919) Scamper, racehorse (b. 1977) July 5 – Louis B. Kahn, American computer scientist and statistician (b. 1918)Louis Kahn Obituary https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/eastbaytimes/name/louis-kahn-obituary?id=8898767 Legacy.com Berkeley CA, East Bay Times 7 June 2023 July 8 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (b. 1917) July 11 Art Ceccarelli, baseball player and coach (born 1930) Marion Cunningham, author (born 1922)http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/American-cooking-legend-Marion-Cunningham-dies-at-3699716.php San Francisco Chronicle American cooking legend Marion Cunningham dies at 90 Stacy Finz July 11, 2012 April 24, 2022 August 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120809034837/http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/American-cooking-legend-Marion-Cunningham-dies-at-3699716.php live Richard Scudder, journalist and publisher who co-founded MediaNews Group (born 1913) Donald J. Sobol, soldier and author (born 1924) Marvin Traub, businessman and author (born 1925) July 13 Sage Stallone, actor, son of Sylvester Stallone (b. 1976) Ginny Tyler, voice actress (b. 1925) Richard D. Zanuck, film producer (Driving Miss Daisy) (b. 1934) July 15 – Celeste Holm, actress (b. 1917) July 16 William Asher, American television and film producer, director, screenwriter (b. 1921) Stephen Covey, American author (b. 1932) Kitty Wells, American country music singer (b. 1919) July 19 – Tom Davis, comedian and writer (b. 1952) July 22 Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (b. 1933) Ed Stevens, baseball player and coach (b. 1925) July 23 – Sally Ride, first American woman in space (born 1951) July 24 Chad Everett, American actor (b. 1937) Sherman Hemsley, American actor (b. 1938) July 26 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (b. 1942) July 27 Norman Alden, actor (b. 1924) R. G. Armstrong, actor and playwright (b. 1917) Tony Martin, singer and husband of Cyd Charisse (b. 1913) July 31 – Gore Vidal, writer (b. 1925) August thumb|120px|Neil Armstrong August 2 – Jimmy Jones, singer-songwriter (b. 1930) August 6 – Marvin Hamlisch, composer and conductor (b. 1944) August 7 – Judith Crist, film critic and academic August 9 – Al Freeman Jr., actor (b. 1934) August 10 – Irving Fein, television and film producer (b. 1911) August 11 – Michael Dokes, professional boxer (b. 1958) August 12 – Joe Kubert, comic book artist and teacher (b. 1926) August 13 – Helen Gurley Brown (b. 1922) August 14 Ron Palillo, American actor and teacher (b. 1949) Phyllis Thaxter, actress (b. 1919) August 15 Bob Birch, American musician (b. 1956) Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925) August 16 – William Windom, American actor (b. 1923) August 18 – Scott McKenzie, American singer and songwriter (b. 1939) August 19 – Tony Scott, British director, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1944) August 20 – Phyllis Diller, comedian and actress (b. 1917) August 23 – Jerry Nelson, puppeteer (b. 1934) August 24 – Steve Franken, actor (b. 1932) August 25 – Neil Armstrong, astronaut and first human to walk on another celestial body (b. 1930) September 120px|thumb|right|Michael Clarke Duncan September 1 – Hal David, lyricist (b. 1921) September 2 – Jack Boucher, photographer (b. 1931) September 3 Bob DiPietro, American baseball player (b. 1927) Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (b. 1957) September 5 – Joe South, musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1940) September 7 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, Mexican drug kingpin, died in Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico (b. 1974) September 8 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (b. 1920) September 10 – Vondell Darr, American actress (b. 1919) September 11 J. Christopher Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1960) Sean Smith, diplomat (b. 1978) September 14 – Stephen Dunham, American actor (b. 1964) September 15 – James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American R&B musician (b. 1934) September 16 Julien J. LeBourgeois, American vice admiral (b. 1923) John Ingle, American actor (b. 1928) September 18 – Steve Sabol, American filmmaker (b. 1942) September 20 – Richard H. Cracroft, American author and professor (b. 1936) September 23 – Albert Henry Ottenweller, American Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2012) September 25 – Andy Williams, singer and television host (b. 1927) September 26 – Johnny Lewis, American actor (b. 1983) September 28 – Michael O'Hare, American actor (b. 1952) October 120px|thumb|right|George McGovern October 8 – Ken Sansom, actor (b. 1927) October 9 – Sammi Kane Kraft, American child actress (b. 1992) October 10 – Alex Karras, American football player, professional wrestler and actor (b. 1935) October 13 – Gary Collins, actor and television host (b. 1938) October 14 – Arlen Specter, American politician (b. 1930) October 20 – E. Donnall Thomas, American Nobel physician (b. 1920)The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1990/thomas/facts/ NobelPrize.org 15 August 2022 August 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220815233500/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1990/thomas/facts/ live October 21 – George McGovern, American politician, historian, and author (b. 1922) October 22 – Russell Means, American Sioux actor and activist (b. 1939) October 24 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918) October 25 – Emmanuel Steward, professional boxer, trainer, and commentator (b. 1944) October 26 – Natina Reed, American musician and actress (b. 1980) October 28 Merry Anders, actress (b. 1934) Bob Brunner, screenwriter and producer (b. 1934) October 31 John Fitch, racecar driver and inventor (b. 1917) John H. Reed, 67th Governor of Maine from 1959 until 1967. (b. 1921) November thumb|120px|Larry Hagman November 1 – Mitch Lucker, musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1984) November 2 – Milt Campbell, track and field athlete (b. 1933) November 5 – Elliott Carter, composer (b. 1908) November 7 Carmen Basilio, boxer (b. 1927) Cleve Duncan, singer (b. 1935)http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/cleve-duncan-lead-singer-penguins-dead-77-article-1.1199660 Cleve Duncan, lead singer of the Penguins, dead at 77 New York Daily News November 9, 2012 July 16, 2016 August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817141601/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/cleve-duncan-lead-singer-penguins-dead-77-article-1.1199660 live Darrell Royal, American college football player and coach (b. 1924) November 8 – Lee MacPhail, American baseball executive (b. 1917) November 9 Major Harris, singer (b. 1947) James L. Stone, soldier (b. 1922) November 13 Will Barnet, painter and illustrator (b. 1911) Ray Zone, historian, author and illustrator (b. 1947) November 14 – Gail Harris, American baseball player (b. 1931) November 21 Austin Peralta, American jazz musician and composer (b. 1990) Deborah Raffin, actress, model, and publisher (b. 1953) November 23 – Larry Hagman, actor (b. 1931) November 24 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (b. 1962) November 25 Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (b. 1933) Earl Carroll, singer (b. 1937) November 26 Joseph Murray, American Nobel surgeon (b. 1919) Martin Richards, film producer (b. 1932) November 27 – Marvin Miller, American baseball players' union executive (b. 1917) November 28 – Zig Ziglar, author, salesman, and motivational speaker (b. 1926) December thumb|120px|Daniel Inouye thumb|120px|Charles Durning thumb|120px|Jack Klugman December 1 – Jovan Belcher, American football player and murderer (b. 1987) December 2 – Israel Keyes, murderer (b. 1978) December 4 – Besse Cooper, 8th oldest verified person ever (b. 1896) December 5 – Dave Brubeck, pianist (b. 1920) December 7 Ralph Parr, Air Force pilot (b. 1924) Joseph R. Weisberger, Chief Justice for Rhode Island from 1993 until 2000. (b. 1920) December 9 Jenni Rivera, singer, songwriter, and actress, died in Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico (b. 1969) Charles Rosen, pianist (b. 1927) December 10 Johnny Lira, boxer (b. 1951) Bob Munden, exhibition shooter (b. 1942) Bill Parkyn, scientist (b. 1944) Paul Rauch, television producer (b. 1934) December 11 Albert O. Hirschman, German-born American economist (b. 1915) Ravi Shankar, Indian musician and composer, died in San Diego, California (b. 1920) Colleen Walker, golfer (b. 1956) December 14 Victoria Leigh Soto, teacher, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim (b. 1985) Adam Lanza, mass murderer (b. 1992) December 17 – Daniel Inouye, American politician (b. 1924) December 19 – Robert Bork, conservative law professor (b. 1927) December 21 Vivian Anderson, baseball player (b. 1921) Boyd Bartley, baseball player (b. 1920) December 23 – Capital STEEZ, rapper (b. 1993) December 24 Charles Durning, American actor (b. 1923) Jack Klugman, American actor (b. 1922) December 26 – Fontella Bass, singer and songwriter (b. 1940) December 27 Harry Carey Jr., actor and son of Harry Carey (b. 1921) Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., army general (b. 1934) December 29 Ruth Ann Steinhagen, notable criminal (b. 1929) Mike Auldridge, musician (b. 1938) December 30 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian Nobel neurologist, died in Rome, Italy (b. 1909) See also 2012 in American music 2012 in American soccer 2012 in American television List of American films of 2012 Timeline of United States history (2010–present) References 30em External links 2012 Category:2010s in the United States United States United States Category:Years of the 21st century in the United States