August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years). There are 141 days remaining.
- 1886 — Sarah Jane Robinson is apprehended.
- 1925 — Lois Jurgens is born.
- 1980 — Doug Clark is apprehended.
- 1981 — Clifford Olson is apprehended.
- 1987 — Raymond Eugene Brown is apprehended.
- 1995 — Eugene Barrett is apprehended.
- 2008 — Leon Dorsey died.