‘All people could do was hope the nerds would fix it’: the global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on
TheGuardian
DECEMBER 28, 2024
Planes were going to drop out of the sky, nuclear reactors would explode. But then nothing. What really happened with Y2K? People still disagree Just before midnight on New Years Eve, 25 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II stepped off a private barge to arrive at Londons Millennium Dome for its grand opening ceremony. Dressed in a pumpkin-orange coat, she entered the venue with Prince Philip, taking her place alongside Tony and Cherie Blair and 12,000 guests to celebrate the dawn of a new millennium
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