Akio Morita vs Ghassan Kanafani
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Compare the life timelines of Akio Morita (1921–1999) and Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 36 years, from 1936 to 1972.
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Akio Morita (1921–1999)
- — Born in Nagoya, Japan Verified
- — Graduated in physics from Osaka Imperial University Verified
- — Met Masaru Ibuka during wartime naval research Verified
- — Co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Verified
- — Company renamed Sony Verified
- — Moved his family to the United States Verified
- — Became chairman of Sony Verified
- — Launch of the Sony Walkman Verified
- — Sony acquired Columbia Pictures Verified
- — Died in Tokyo, Japan Verified
Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972)
- — Born in Acre, Mandatory Palestine Verified
- — Family left Acre during the 1948 war Verified
- — Studied Arabic literature at the University of Damascus Verified
- — Moved to Kuwait to teach Verified
- — Moved to Beirut and joined the magazine Al-Hurriya Verified
- — Married Anni Hover Verified
- — Published the novella Men in the Sun Verified
- — Became spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Verified
- — Founded and edited the weekly Al-Hadaf Verified
- — Killed by a car bomb in Beirut Verified