People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype ...
The U.S. spent tens of billions of dollars solving the computer glitch, but Y2K also sparked untrue hysteria about planes ...
chats with former WGN agri-business broadcaster Max Armstrong about his memories of working New Year’s Eve on WGN Radio during Y2K and his responsibilities leading into New Year’s Day. Max talks about ...
From Massena, where a duo began a millennium disaster food drive, to Glens Falls, where a company that supplied portable toilets saw a run on rentals, there were some serious preparations 25 years ago ...
For people over the age of 30, the Y2K panic of 1999 was a real concern. It seems silly now, but for many people a quarter century ago, it was the dawn of an impending global meltdown. The tension ...
A beacon of hope and grape juice in a bunker were featured as, 25 years ago, RNZ nervously ticked over from 1999 to 2000.
In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small software glitch: Many older computer programs had coded dates using only ...