Akio Morita vs Yuri Gagarin
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Compare the life timelines of Akio Morita (1921–1999) and Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 34 years, from 1934 to 1968.
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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
Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968)
- — Born in Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Soviet Union Verified
- — Studied at the Saratov Industrial Technical School and learned to fly Verified
- — Graduated from the Orenburg military pilot school and joined the Soviet Air Force Verified
- — Married Valentina Goryacheva Verified
- — Selected for the first Soviet cosmonaut group Verified
- — Became the first human in space aboard Vostok 1 Verified
- — Awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union Verified
- — Graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy Verified
- — Killed in a MiG-15UTI training flight crash near Kirzhach Verified