October 1999 :
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DecemberOctober -
NASA loses one of its probes, the
Mars Climate OrbiterOctober 3-4 -
Vince Russo and
Ed Ferrara, head writers in the
WWF during its most successful time in history, sign with rival company
WCW.
October 5 - Thirty-one people die in the
Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west of
London,
England.
October 7 - The United States Congress passed a managed care bill allowing patients to sue HMOs.
October 12 -
Pakistani Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif attempts to dismiss Army Chief General
Pervez Musharraf and install
ISI director Khwaja Ziauddin in his place. Senior Army generals refuse to accept the dismissal. Musharraf, who was out of the country, attempts to return in a commercial airliner. Sharif orders the Karachi airport to not allow the plane to land. The generals lead a
coup, ousting Sharif's administration and taking over the airport. The plane lands with only a few minutes of fuel to spare, and Musharraf takes control of the government.
October 12 - The 6 billionth
person in the world, according to the
UN is born in
Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
October 13 - The
United States Senate rejects ratification of the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
October 15 -
National Geographic Society reveals the fossil of
Archaeoraptor in a press conference (the fossil is later found to be a
forgery)
October 18 - Russo and Ferrara's first
Monday Nitro with them at the helm of creative airs.
October 25 - Golfer
Payne Stewart, 42, dies in an aircraft accident.
October 27 - Gunmen open fire in the
Armenian parliament killing Prime Minister
Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman
Karen Demirchyan and 6 other members.
October 27 - The
New York Yankees complete a 4 game sweep of the
Atlanta Braves to win their second consecutive
World Series.
October 31 -
EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from
New York City to
Cairo crashes off the coast of
Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board
October 31 -
Roman Catholic Church and
Lutheran Church leaders sign the
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of
faith and
salvation.
October 31 -
Nerf Arena Blast is released by
Atari, Inc. and Visionary Media, Inc.
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