What Happened on August 6, 2012

• "Cruise" single released by Florida Georgia Line (Billboard Song of the Year 2013)
• A large fire erupts at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Ohio, injuring six employees
• Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century

• Dan Roundfield, American basketball forward (3-time NBA All Star), dies from drowning at 59
• Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (The Sting; A Chorus Line), dies of respiratory arrest at 68
• Robert Hughes, Australian art critic and writer (Barcelona), dies at 74
• Ruggiero Ricci, American composer and violinist (Paganini), dies from heart failure at 94
• Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer, dies at 98

Holidays: Civic Holiday (Canada), Summer Bank Holiday (Ireland, United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
• #1 Song: Spectrum - Florence & The Machine