Timeline Tuesday 12 October 1999

Events on Tuesday 12 October 1999 2

• 1936 – 1999 Wilt Chamberlain The Big Dipper The only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game; a dominant force in rebounding.
• 1999 Pervez Musharraf Seizes Power in Pakistan Bloodless military coup ousts Prime Minister Sharif General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup that overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The coup followed Sharif's attempt to dismiss Musharraf as army chief while he was out of the country. Musharraf ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade afterward.