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Soichiro Honda

Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (died 1991)

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Born
November 17, 1906
Died
August 5, 1991
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1906

About Soichiro Honda

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. Honda created a stamp to forge his family seal out of a used rubber bicycle pedal cover.

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The world when Soichiro Honda was born

Soichiro Honda was born in 1906. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1906

  • Best-selling bookThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Hitless Wonders" Chicago White Sox upset Cubs in World Series
  • Top headlineSan Francisco earthquake and fire — 3,000+ killed
  • Technology milestoneFirst radio broadcast of voice and music
  • World population~1.66B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population84.6M

1906 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Soichiro Honda's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19062026
Population84.6M341 million

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