Which event came first? #3

Select the event that happened first for each period of history (or future) listed.
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1. 2010s.
Pope Benedict XVI resigns.
Roger Federer wins his 7th Wimbledon title.
Muammar Gaddafi is killed by the National Liberation Army of Libya.
Nelson Mandela passes away.
2. 2000s
Pluto is reclassified as a dwarf planet.
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan dies at the age of 93.
The film 'Avatar' is released.
Suicide bombers strike London, killing 56 people.
3. 1990s
Google is founded.
'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' is released.
The first episode of the sitcom 'Friends' is aired.
Princess Diana dies in a car accident.
4. 1980s
Argentina wins the FIFA world cup.
British scientist Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web.
The arcade game 'Pac-Man' is released.
'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' is released.
5. 1970s
The mobile phone is invented.
Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq.
The Beatles break up.
The US celebrates the Bicentennial, marking 200 years as a nation.
6. 1960s
England wins the FIFA world cup.
The 'Bay of Pigs' invasion.
The British comedy film 'The Italian Job' is released.
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.
7. 1920-1959
Benito Mussolini gains dictatorial powers in Italy.
NATO is created.
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
King George VI of Great Britain accedes to the throne.
8. 1900-1920
The Weimar Republic is established in Germany.
The Republic of China is established.
David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of the UK.
The Treaty of Versailles is signed.
9. 1850-1900
The First Boer War begins.
Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, dies.
The unification of Germany.
Wilhelm Röntgen identifies x-rays
10. 1800-1850
Napoleon Bonaparte dies on the island of Saint Helena.
Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice.
The 'Communist Manifesto' is published.
The California Gold Rush begins.
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