| September 16, 1923 | Lee Kuan Yew born in Singapore. |
| 1936-1939 | Student at Raffles Institituion. |
| 1940 | Comes in first in Singapore and Malaysia in Senior Cambridge exams, winning Anderson Scholarship to Raffles College.Lee kuan yew born |
1940-1942 | Student at Raffles College. | | 15 February, 1942 | Japanese occupation of Singapore begins. |
| February 18-22, 1942 | Japanese massacre between 50,000 and 100,000 Chinese Singaporeans.
LKY experiences and observes brutality of Japanese army. |
May 1942 | The English-educated Lee begins to study both Chinese and Japanese.Lee kuan yew biography timeline example Lee kuan yew biography timeline exampleLee kuan yew family treeLee kuan yew achievementsLee kuan yew bornLee kuan yew quotes | 1943-1944 | Works as English-language editor for Japanese "information or propaganda department called the Hobudu," learning that Allies are winning war (63). | | 1944 | Black market commodities broker; manufactures adhesives.
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1946 | Student at London School of Economics; encounters Harold Laski's socialism. | | January 1947-1949 | Student at Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge University. |
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