The Millennium Bug

Witness: Witness Archive 2015 by BBC

Dec 31, 20159:01Society & Culture

There was a frenzy of celebrations on New Year's Eve 1999. But amid the partying, there was also some anxiety over the effects of a potential global computer meltdown, the so-called Millennium Bug - or Y2K. (Photo: The W...

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