Renaming The Company
Time: 1958
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Details: In 1958, Morita and Ibuka decided to rename their company Sony (derived from "sonus"—–Latin for "sound"—–and Sonny-boys the most common American expression).
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1950 - Tokyo, Japan
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Friday Aug 10, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
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Hirohito-Prime Minister Submitted a draft of the Decision To The Emperor
Friday Sep 5, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Sep 11, 1943 - Tokyo, Japan
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Wednesday Nov 5, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe gave his Resignation
Thursday Oct 16, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1940 - Japan
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Wednesday Aug 15, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
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Sunday Aug 12, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Jan 9, 1932 - Tokyo, Japan
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Monday Sep 19, 1988 - Tokyo, Japan
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1923 - Tokyo, Japan
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1944 - Tokyo, Japan
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Sep, 1941 - Japan
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Wednesday Feb 26, 1936 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Feb 29, 1936 - Tokyo, Japan
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1920s - Tokyo, Japan
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Sunday Sep 2, 1945 - Tokyo Bay, Japan
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Wednesday Aug 5, 1931 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Nov 23, 1946 - Japan
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Thursday Mar 8, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
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Monday Nov 3, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
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Tuesday Jul 30, 1912 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Dec 25, 1926 - Tokyo, Japan
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Sep, 1942 - Tokyo, Japan
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Thursday Nov 2, 1916 - Tokyo, Japan
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Wednesday Apr 20, 2011 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Accepting the Potsdam Declaration
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
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Jul, 1901 - Tokyo, Japan
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Thursday Jan 1, 2015 - Tokyo, japan
Hirohito-The Japanese Cabinet Meeting
Thursday Sep 4, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Apr 18, 1942 - Greater Tokyo Area, Japan
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Harry S. Truman-Japan agreed to surrender
Friday Aug 10, 1945 - Japan
1958
Sony Corporation-Changing The Name To Sony
Jan, 1958 - Tokyo, Japan
Mao Zedong-The Great Leap Forward
Jan, 1958 - China
IKEA-The First Möbel-IKÉA Store
1958 - Älmhult, Småland, Sweden
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1958 - Southern Sudan
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Signs of dissatisfaction with the British increased on both sides with Turkish Cypriots now forming Volkan
1958 - Cyprus
Algerian War-The French Army shifted its tactics
1958 - Algeria
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1958 - U.S.
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1958 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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1958 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Monday Jan 6, 1958 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
1958 - Paris, France
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Jan, 1958 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia
Monday Jan 27, 1958 - Nicosia, Cyprus
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Monday Jan 27, 1958 - Cyprus
The Beatles-The Joining of George Harrison
Feb, 1958 - Liverpool, England
Che Guevara-Radio Rebelde
Feb, 1958 - Cuba
Harald V-The oath To the Constitution of Norway
Friday Feb 21, 1958 - Oslo, Norway
Raúl Castro-Commander in the Cuban Revolution
Thursday Feb 27, 1958 - Oriente Province, Cuba
Nelson Mandela-1st Divorce
Mar, 1958 - South Africa
Che Guevara-United States to stop selling arms to the Cuban government
Mar, 1958 - Cuba
Pope Francis-Society of Jesus
Tuesday Mar 11, 1958 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend returned United Kingdom
Mar, 1958 - United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher-Conservative safe seat
Apr, 1958 - Finchley, London, England
Richard Nixon-The Goodwill Tour of South America
Sunday Apr 27, 1958 - Montevideo, Uruguay
Freddie Mercury-The Hectics
1958 - Panchgani, Mumbai, India
Warren Buffett-Third Child
Sunday May 4, 1958 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Algerian War-May 1958 crisis
Tuesday May 13, 1958 - France
Christmas Island-The United Kingdom's Christmas Island Act Was Given Royal assent
Wednesday May 14, 1958 - Christmas Island
Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle asserted again that he was at the disposal of the country
Monday May 19, 1958 - France
Conflict in Myanmar-Armed Resistance Movement
Tuesday May 20, 1958 - Shan State, Myanmar
Algerian War-French paratroopers from the Algerian corps landed on Corsica
Saturday May 24, 1958 - Corsica, France
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was expected to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue
Jun, 1958 - Cyprus
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle became Prime Minister
Sunday Jun 1, 1958 - France
Algerian War-I have understood you
Wednesday Jun 4, 1958 - Algeria
Cypriot intercommunal violence-A bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus
Saturday Jun 7, 1958 - Cyprus
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Monday Jun 9, 1958 - Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The crisis reached a climax
Thursday Jun 12, 1958 - Cyprus
Nelson Mandela-2nd Marriage
Saturday Jun 14, 1958 - Bizana, South Africa
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Nagy was Executed
Monday Jun 16, 1958 - Budapest, Hungary
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois visited Russia and China
1958 - Russia and China
Fido (dog)-La Domenica del Corriere commemorated Fido with a poignant cover story
Sunday Jun 22, 1958 - Milan, Italy
Raúl Castro-Kidnapping 36 hostages
Thursday Jun 26, 1958 - The North Coast of Oriente Province, Cuba
Pelé-1958 World Cup
Sunday Jun 29, 1958 - Stockholm, Sweden
Laser-Bell Labs filed a patent application for their proposed optical maser
1958 - U.S.
Pope John Paul II-Youngest bishop in Poland
Friday Jul 4, 1958 - Lakes region of northern Poland, Poland
James Bond-Casino Royale comic book was published
1958 - London, England, United Kingdom
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower sent 15,000 Marines and soldiers to Lebanon
Jul, 1958 - Lebanon
Buckingham Palace-Queen abolished the presentation parties for débutantes
1958 - London, England, United Kingdom
Prince Charles-The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
Saturday Jul 26, 1958 - Wales, UK
Neil Armstrong-The ARPA canceled its funding to "Man In Space Soonest"
Friday Aug 1, 1958 - Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Algerian War-All Algerians including women were registered for the first time on electoral rolls to participate in a referendum to be held on the new constitution
Sep, 1958 - Algeria
Visa Inc.-Bank of America (BofA) launched its BankAmericard credit card program
Sep, 1958 - Fresno, California, U.S.
Nuclear Power-USS Bainbridge
Monday Sep 1, 1958 - U.S.
Laser-Prokhorov independently proposed using an open resonator, the first published appearance (in the USSR) of this idea
1958 - U.S.S.R.
Christmas Island-The Commonwealth Cabinet Decision 1573
Tuesday Sep 9, 1958 - Christmas Island
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Friday Sep 12, 1958 - Texas, U.S.
Christmas Island-The Island was Officially Placed Under The Authority of The Commonwealth of Australia
Wednesday Oct 1, 1958 - Christmas Island
Neil Armstrong-Neil became an Employee of NASA
Wednesday Oct 1, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Algerian War-De Gaulle visited Constantine
Oct, 1958 - Algeria
Bank of America-BankAmericard
1958 - U.S.
James Bond-Moonraker was adapted for broadcast on South African radio
1958 - South Africa
Juan Trippe-Pan Am's First Scheduled Jet Flight
Sunday Oct 26, 1958 - Paris, France
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower created NASA as a civilian space agency
Wednesday Oct 29, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Project "Mercury"
Wednesday Nov 5, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-Charles De Gaulle and his supporters won a comfortable majority
Nov, 1958 - France
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1958 - New York, U.S.
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Sunday Nov 16, 1958 - Biy-Myrza, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret met the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones
1958 - United Kingdom
Raúl Castro-Capturing Maffo
Tuesday Dec 30, 1958 - Maffo, Contramaestre, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Batista Resigned and Fled into Exile
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
Fidel Castro-Batista's Escape
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
Indira Gandhi-The President of The Congress
1958 - New Delhi, India