Year
 |
Age
|
Kazuo Inamori's Personal History
|
Historical Events
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| 1932 |
0 |
| Born in Yakushi-cho, Kagoshima, Japan |
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Great Depression |
| 1938 |
6 |
| Entered Nishida Elementary School, Kagoshima |
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|
Outbreak of World War II in 1939 |
| 1944 |
12 |
| After graduating from Nishida Elementary School, failed the
entrance exam for First Kagoshima Junior High School. Entered Kagoshima Post-Elementary
School (junior high school under the old education system) |
|
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| 1945 |
13 |
| Read book, Truth of Life, while confined to bed with tuberculosis |
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World War II ends |
| Home destroyed in air raid |
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| 1948 |
16 |
| Entered Third District Kagoshima Senior High School |
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