On this day in the year 1900, banks fail to recognize the "00" written on personal checks as the year 1900, and keep the money for themselves.
![]() On this day in the year 2000, early models of Nintendo’s Gameboy cease to operate, causing millions of 9-year olds to lose their temper and call local computer stores, leading to an overload of the phone system and a power failure of the western grid, followed by a brownout at NORAD and a red alert at the Strategic Air Command, where top officers send the entire fleet of nuclear bombers to the fail-safe point (see above) before recalling them at the last minute and going home for a late dinner.
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