The August 5, 2012 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 217 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 317 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, in 47 days. You have lived for 5,065 days, or about 121,581 hours, or about 7,294,886 minutes, or about 437,693,160 seconds.
Date: 06 August 2012
By The New York Times
Live video of a news conference scheduled for 11 a.m. E.T. in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where law enforcement officials are expected to provide more details about the shooting rampage at a Sikh temple.
Date: 06 August 2012
By The New York Times
Fashion news we’re reading now from London’s “Hatwalk” to Victoria Beckham’s latest fashion endeavor.
Date: 06 August 2012
By Christine Negroni
Christine Negroni
Airlines and baggage system engineers are crediting technological advances with the lowest number of mishandled bags since 2005.
Date: 05 August 2012
By Albert R. Hunt | Bloomberg News
Albert Hunt
Despite a lack of substantive achievements since Tea Party candidates were voted into the House of Representatives in 2010, the group is seeking to expand its influence in the November elections.
Date: 05 August 2012
A young reader explains his decision not to pursue a journalism career.
Date: 06 August 2012
By The New York Times
Robert Stolarik, a freelance photographer for The New York Times, was taking photos of a fight in the Bronx and suffered injuries in an encounter with the police.
Date: 06 August 2012
By Bill Keller
Bill Keller
Washington is hysterically trying to close off leaks of classified information. It should not be that way.
Date: 05 August 2012
By Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey
As the battle for Aleppo goes on in the real world, supporters of the Syrian government continued a campaign to spread misinformation about the insurgency online by seizing control of a Reuters Twitter feed and posting fabricated reports.
Date: 06 August 2012
By Mark Scott
Mark Scott
Two of the most prominent London-based investment bankers of the last two decades have created a new company called Zaoui Capital, according to British regulatory documents.
Date: 05 August 2012
By John Harwood
John Harwood
Analysts are tweaking methods to better include the views of voters who only have cellphones: some hang up on those who also have landlines, others turn to the Internet.