Sony began in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita in a damaged department store building in Tokyo shortly after the Second World War. The small firm first repaired and built electrical equipment, then developed Japan's first tape recorder and, in the 1950s, transistor radios. It adopted the name Sony in 1958. Its later products included the Trinitron television, the Walkman portable cassette player and, with Philips, the compact disc. Sony also expanded into films and music, and entered video games with the PlayStation in 1994; in 2021 the parent company was renamed Sony Group.
Before and after
- from 30 March 1946 to 16 October 1949Greek Civil War
- 8 April 1946Founding of Federal University of Bahia
- 21 April 1946Death of John Maynard Keynes
- 30 April 1946Birth of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- 7 May 1946Founding of Sony Group
- 20 May 1946Birth of Cher
- 24 May 1946Birth of Tansu Çiller
- 31 May 1946Construction of London Heathrow Airport
- 6 June 1946Founding of National Basketball Association
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 15 June 1954Founding of Union of European Football Associations
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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