Timeline: Louis Vigilante: Gerber Family of Langnau

	Date	Event(s)
1	1971	1971: UK - Decimalisation of coinage 1971: London, UK - IRA Bomb explodes in Post Office tower 1971: London, UK - London Bridge sold to the U.S. 1971: UK - First domestic VCRs Introduced 1971: UK - The dot-matrix printer invented. 1971: USA - The food processor invented. 1971: UK - The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
2	1972	1972: UK - Power workers strike crisis 1972: UK - Miners call off crippling coal strike 1972: USA - MASH* TV Shows Premiers 1972: USA - Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals 1972: Munich, German - Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games 1972: Washington, DC, USA - Watergate Scandal Begins 1972: USA - The word processor invented. 1972: UK - Pong (first home video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell.
3	1973	1973: Europe - Britain enters EEC Common Market with Ireland and Denmark 1973: UK - Miners strike and oil crisis precipitate 'three-day week' until Mar 1974 to conserve power 1973: UK - Paul Getty Kidnapped 1973: Chicago, IL, USA - Sears Tower Built 1973: Vietnam - US Pulls Out of Vietnam 1973: USA - Vice President Resigns 1973: USA - Gene splicing invented. 1973: Palo Alto, CA, USA - The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox. 1973: USA - Bic invents the disposable lighter. 1973: Middle East - OPEC oil shock
4	1974	1974: Ethiopia - Halie Selassie, Emperor, Deposed 1974: USSR - Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects 1974: China - Terracotta Army Discovered 1974: USA - The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry. 1974: Rome, Italy - Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist, invents liposuction. 1974: Vietnam - End of Vietnam war 8 Aug 1974: Washington, DC, USA - President Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal 8 Aug 1974: USA - Gerald Ford president 1974-1977.
5	1975	1975: UK - Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act come into force 1975: London, UK - Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship 1975: Lebanon - Civil War in Lebanon 1975: Seattle, WA, USA - Microsoft Founded 1975: Cambodia - Pol Pot Becomes Communist Dictator 1975: UK - The laser printer invented. 1975: UK - The push-through tab on a drink can invented. 1975: CA, USA - First Apple computer