This article explores significant historical events that occurred in 1991 and 1999, including the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Y2K scare, and Boris Yeltsin's resignation.
Less than 30 years after its founding, the Guinness brewery was producing more than a million barrels of beer annually. Today, Guinness reports that over 10 million glasses of its iconic stout are consumed daily, and 1.8 billion pints are sold each year. While the brewery remains at its original St. James's Gate location – now a popular tourist attraction – the initial 9000-year lease has been replaced by outright ownership as the brewery expanded.
On December 31, 1999, millions worldwide braced for potential IT chaos due to fears of the 'year 2000 problem,' or Y2K bug. Concerns arose because computers primarily used the last two digits of years in date formatting, potentially leading to confusion between 1900 and 2000, which some believed could cause major technological disruptions. Australia, being one of the first developed countries to enter the New Year, took the Y2K threat seriously. Alan Hodges, the then-director-general of Emergency Management Australia, was stationed in the Y2K Monitoring and Reporting Cell in Canberra. However, the predictions of electronic doomsday proved unfounded. While minor glitches occurred, the anticipated widespread collapse of global computer systems never materialized. The Soviet Union ceased to legally exist on December 31, 1991. The dissolution had effectively begun ten days earlier when the former Soviet republics declared independence. Six years later, on December 31, 1997, another pivotal moment occurred in Russian history: the resignation of the country's first president, Boris Yeltsin. Vladimir Putin, then-prime minister and former KGB agent, was appointed as acting president
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