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7 May 1946: Tech giant Sony is founded

Japanese scientists Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka set up the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, later to become Sony, on this day in 1946.

by: Dr Matthew Partridge
7 May 2020

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