Mercury Polar Volatiles
Lawrence reports that hydrogen-rich polar deposits measured by MESSENGER are consistent with thick accumulations of water ice.
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2012 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 58 historical events and records for United States of America in 2012.
Historical records for United States of America in 2012
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Moonrise Kingdom Cannes Opening
Moonrise Kingdom opened the Cannes Film Festival and competed for the Palme dOr.
Moonrise Kingdom Feature
Wes Anderson directed Moonrise Kingdom, depicting young love on a fictional New England island.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for experimental methods enabling measurement and manipulation of individual quantum systems.
Stage Play
Directs Death of a Salesman in Broadway
The Avengers
Returns as Nick Fury in The Avengers, bringing together several Marvel film characters.
The Yellow Birds
Publication of "The Yellow Birds"
To Rome with Love Film
In 2012, Woody Allen made To Rome with Love, an ensemble romantic comedy exploring intertwined stories in Rome.
Toby Award Porgy and Bess Actress
Audra McDonald earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her interpretation of Bess in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Death of a Salesman
Trouble with the Curve
Acts in Trouble with the Curve, one of his rare starring roles for another director in later career.
Union Cycliste Internationale
Disqualified from from competitive cycling for life, for doping offenses by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
University College Dublin
Anthony Summers is made a Fellow of the Literary & Historical Society of University College Dublin
USADA
USADA announces a lifetime ban from competition, applicable to all sports which follow the World Anti-Doping Agency code
Zero Dark Thirty
Directs Zero Dark Thirty, dramatizing the long intelligence search for Osama bin Laden.
Zero Dark Thirty
Stars as CIA analyst Maya in Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty.
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