2012 in the United States

← → Events in the year 2012 in the United States.

August 8: Curiosity's first 360 degrees color panorama image. [ 187 ] [ 188 ]
A low-quality photo of a television monitor showing Armstrong on the lunar module's ladder
August 25: Neil Armstrong dies – Armstrong prepares to take the first step on the Moon.
September 21 – December 28: New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak
October 29: Hurricane Sandy : Large portions of the Manhattan borough of New York City were without electricity
November 6: Barack Obama reelected President
December 14: Newtown, Connecticut , location of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Etta James
Joe Paterno
Whitney Houston
Davy Jones
Andrew Breitbart
Robert B. Sherman
Earl Scruggs
Mike Wallace
Dick Clark
Donna Summer
Doc Watson
Richard Dawson
Ray Bradbury
Andy Griffith
Ernest Borgnine
Neil Armstrong
Michael Clarke Duncan
George McGovern
Larry Hagman
Daniel Inouye
Charles Durning
Jack Klugman