Events from the year 2012 in Austria
Incumbents President: Heinz Fischer Chancellor: Werner Faymann
Governors Burgenland: Hans Niessl Carinthia: Gerhard Dörfler Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll Salzburg: Gabi Burgstaller Styria: Franz Voves Tyrol: Günther Platter Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer Vienna: Michael Häupl Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner
Events 25 September – The right-wing populist political party Team Stronach led by Frank Stronach is officially registered, launching two days later. 14 October – Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 24 miles (39 kilometers) over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.(CNN). Retrieved October 14, 2012.NYDaily News:Red Bull Stratos Retrieved October 15, 2012. 27 October – The liberal political party NEOS hold its founding convention. Matthias Strolz is elected as its first chairman. 25 November – 2012 Graz local election
Deaths January–June 2 January: Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician. 8 January: Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler. Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976). 9 January: Francis Golffing, 101, Austrian-American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator. 20 January: Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian singer 14 February: Reinhold Frosch, 76, Austrian lugerReinhold Frosch obituary , geomix.at, February 14, 2012 28 February: Fritz Hakl, 80, Austrian actor. 29 February: Karl Kodat, 69, Austrian international footballer. 13 March: Julius Depaoli, 88, Austrian Olympic water polo player.Julius Depaoli 14 March: Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director. Margareta Sjöstedt, 88, Swedish-born Austrian singer and actress.Margarete Sjöstedt (Contralto) 5 April — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer (born 1935) 11 May: Thea Hochleitner, 86, Austrian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) alpine skier. 14 May: Ernst Hinterberger, 80, Austrian author and screenwriter (Kaisermühlen Blues, Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter). 21 May: Bahram Alivandi, 83–84, Iranian-born Austrian artist. 30 May: Edi Federer, 57, Austrian ski jumper, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 15 June: Günther Domenig, 77, Austrian architect.
July–December 1 July: Fritz Pauer, 68, Austrian jazz pianist and composer. 25 July: Franz West, 65, Austrian artist, liver disease. 28 July: Sepp Mayerl, 75, Austrian mountaineer, climbing incident. 4 October: Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).Trauer um Rudolf Oslansky 9 October: Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer. 10 October: Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist. 19 October: Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease. 28 October: Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision. 15 November: Josef Kloimstein, 84, Austrian Olympic silver (1960) and bronze (1956) medal-winning rower.Ruder-Legende Josef Kloimstein gestorben 27 November: Herbert Oberhofer, 57, Austrian footballer (Admira Wacker).Admira Legende Herbert Oberhofer verstorben! 25 December: Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.Ex-Olympic ski champ Schneider dies
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