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Panic Buying Before The New Year, Y2K Scare

Source: https://www.nydailynews.com

Shoppers at a BJ’S on 20th Avenue in Whitestone, New York stocking up on supplies prior to New Year due to the Y2K scare. The Y2K, or the “Millennium Bug,” was perceived as a major threat in the late 90s leading to year 2000, when computer users and programmers feared that computers would stop working on December 31, 1999, leading governments and private organizations to spend millions in order to avert the perceived disaster.