Akio Morita vs Pol Pot
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Compare the life timelines of Akio Morita (1921–1999) and Pol Pot (1925–1998) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1925 to 1998.
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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
Pol Pot (1925–1998)
- — Born in Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom Province Verified
- — Sent to Phnom Penh for schooling Verified
- — Studied in Paris on a government scholarship Verified
- — Returned to Cambodia and joined the communist movement Verified
- — Became secretary of the Cambodian communist party Verified
- — Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh Verified
- — Became Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea Verified
- — Removed from power by the Vietnamese invasion Verified
- — Placed under house arrest by a Khmer Rouge faction Verified
- — Died at Anlong Veng Verified