Founding
Time: Tuesday May 7, 1946
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Details: Sony began in the wake of World War II. In 1946, Masaru Ibuka started an electronics shop in a department store building in Tokyo. The company started with a capital of ¥190,000 and a total of eight employees.
‹ Earlier in historyFirst Managing DirectorMonday May 6, 1946 Later in history ›Founding Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SONY)Tuesday May 7, 1946
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7 May 1946
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Thursday Apr 18, 1946 - Geneva, Switzerland
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Marilyn Monroe-Monroe signs a contract
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George W. Bush-Birth
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Chinese Civil War-Large-scale assault on Communist territory
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip asked the King for his daughter's hand in marriage
Aug, 1946 - United Kingdom
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Thursday Sep 5, 1946 - Stone Town, Zanzibar (Present Day Part of Tanzania)
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Tuesday Sep 10, 1946 - Loreto convent, Darjeeling, India
Marilyn Monroe-1st Divorce
Friday Sep 13, 1946 - U.S.
Nobel Prize-Exempted from taxes
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Monday Sep 30, 1946 - New York, U.S.
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Friday Nov 1, 1946 - Karkow, Poland
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Thanksgiving-Labor Thanksgiving Day
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