2012 in Austria

Incumbents

• President: Heinz Fischer
• Chancellor: Werner Faymann

  Events

• October 14 - 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 over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.

  Births

• 28 January - Princess Antoinette Léopoldine Jeanne Marie
• 5 April — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer

  Deaths