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Sōichirō Honda
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Sōichirō Honda

1906 – 1991 · aged 85

Japanese engineer and industrialist

Born
17 Nov 1906 · Shizuoka
Died
5 Aug 1991 · Juntendo University Hospital
Part ofJapan230 BCE – todayEmpire of Japan1864 – 1947

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 98 years
  1. 17 Nov 1906BornBorn in Shizuoka
  2. 1952AwardMedals of Honor
  3. 1973AwardHonorary citizen of Tenryū
  4. 1978AwardGrand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  5. 1979AwardCommander of the Order of the Crown
  6. 1980AwardASME Medal
  7. 1980AwardHolley Medal
  8. 1980AwardHonorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University
  9. 1981AwardOrder of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class
  10. 1984AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
  11. 1986AwardRoyal Order of the Polar Star
  12. 1989AwardAutomotive Hall of Fame
  13. 1991AwardOrder of the Rising Sun, 1st class
  14. 5 Aug 1991DiedDied in Juntendo University Hospital

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1906 – 1991).

  1. 1914 – 1918World War I
  2. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  3. 1917Balfour Declaration
  4. 1917February Revolution
  5. 1917October Revolution
  6. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  7. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  8. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  9. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  10. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  11. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  12. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  13. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1938Munich Agreement
  15. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  16. 1939 – 1945World War II
  17. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  18. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  19. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  20. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  21. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  22. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  23. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  24. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  26. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  27. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  29. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  30. 1956Suez Crisis
  31. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  33. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  35. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  37. 1968Prague Spring
  38. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  39. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  40. 19741974 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō; 17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer.

Text from the Wikipedia article Soichiro Honda, CC BY-SA 4.0

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