Akio Morita vs Rudolf Nureyev
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Compare the life timelines of Akio Morita (1921–1999) and Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 55 years, from 1938 to 1993.
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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
Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993)
- — Born on a train near Irkutsk Verified
- — Joined the Leningrad Choreographic School Verified
- — Became a soloist with the Kirov Ballet Verified
- — Defected to the West in Paris Verified
- — Began partnership with Margot Fonteyn at the Royal Ballet Verified
- — Debuted with Fonteyn in Giselle Verified
- — Appointed director of the Paris Opera Ballet Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified