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