Why was October 12, 1999 a historic da?

A military coup d'état led by General Pervez Musharraf deposes the elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and dismisses the national and provincial legislative assemblies, assumed the title of Chief Executive and becomes Pakistan's de facto head of government which he continued until he was forced to resign in 2008.

46 sailors are injured in a race riot involving more than 100 sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk ... October 12th, 1999 : The United Nations Population Fund designate today in history as the approximate day on which world population reached six billion.