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| August 12th, 2007 (August 12 2007) | Event | Bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides with oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged. | |
| August 12th, 2007 (August 12 2007) | Death | Merv Griffin, American television host and game show creator (born in 1925) | |
| August 12th, 2007 (August 12 2007) | Death | Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (born in 1963) | |
| August 12th, 1997 (August 12 1997) | Death | Luther Allison, American musician (born in 1939) | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Event | The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Birth | Plaxico Burress, American football player | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Birth | Jesper Gronkj?r, Danish footballer | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Birth | Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer | |
| August 12th, 1967 (August 12 1967) | Birth | Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer | |
| August 12th, 1967 (August 12 1967) | Birth | Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker | |
| August 12th, 1967 (August 12 1967) | Birth | Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer | |
| August 12th, 1947 (August 12 1947) | Birth | Ron Mael, American musician (Sparks) | |
| August 12th, 1947 (August 12 1947) | Birth | Sam Rosen, American sportscaster | |
| August 12th, 1937 (August 12 1937) | Birth | Walter Dean Myers, African-American author | |
| August 12th, 1927 (August 12 1927) | Birth | Porter Wagoner, American singer (died in 2007) | |
| August 12th, 1907 (August 12 1907) | Birth | Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (died in 1988) | |
| August 12th, 1887 (August 12 1887) | Birth | Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1961) | |
| August 12th, 1877 (August 12 1877) | Event | Asaph Hall discovers Deimos. | |
| August 12th, 1867 (August 12 1867) | Birth | Edith Hamilton, German classicist (died in 1963) | Edith Hamilton Quotes |
| August 12th, 1827 (August 12 1827) | Death | William Blake, English poet and artist (born in 1757) | William Blake Quotes |
| August 12th, 1687 (August 12 1687) | Event | Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs. | |
| August 12th, 1647 (August 12 1647) | Birth | Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (died in 1719) | |
| August 12th, 1577 (August 12 1577) | Death | Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (born in 1513) | |
