Hugo Gottesmann

Hugo Gottesmann was an Austrian violinist, violist, conductor, and chamber musician. A highly decorated soldier in World War I, his career in Vienna as a conductor and violinist was truncated with the advent of the Third Reich in 1933. He was fired from his positions at Radio Wien, the Vienna Symphony, and the Academie für Musik and forced to seek work elsewhere in Europe and emigrate to the United States.

Theodore Tracy Fairchild

Theodore Tracy "TT" Fairchild was a leader in the Republican Party in Elko County, Nevada. He served Nevada for 18 years as an Assemblyman from 1914 through 1918 and again from 1920 through 1922. In 1922, Fairchild was elected a Nevada State Senator and

148th New York Infantry Regiment

The 148th New York Infantry Regiment was authorized to recruit from the 26th Senatorial District of the State. They were organized at Geneva, Ontario County and mustered in under the command of Colonel William Johnson on September 14, 1862, for a term of

Annual Ukulele Festival

The Annual Ukulele Festival is held each July in Hawaii. It was founded in 1971 by Roy Sakuma with the support of the Waikiki Department of Parks. The event draws large crowds to listen to free concerts by both amateur and top ukulele musicians

Arthur W. Coats Jr.

Arthur W. Coats Jr. served in the California legislature and during World War II he served in the United States Army

Wolfgang A. Tomé

Wolfgang Axel Tomé is a Physicist working in Medicine as a researcher; inventor; and educator. He is noted for his contributions to the use of photogrammetry in high precision radiation therapy; his work on risk adaptive radiation therapy which is based

Roy Sakuma

Roy Sakuma is a Hawaiian ukulele teacher and founder of the Ukulele Festival, the largest annual ukulele concert in the world. His support and teaching over the last forty years has helped fuel the ukulele's resurgence in Hawaii and in mainstream music

George Formby Society

The George Formby Society was created after the death of British vaudeville entertainer George Formby in 1961. A small group of his fans, brought together by an ad in The Stage placed by Londoner George Wilson, met together in the Imperial Hotel in

David Fairchild (California politician)

David Fairchild created many newspapers in central and western New York State before heading to California in the Gold Rush. He was an early settler of the Golden State and was elected a member of the California State legislature in 1860 as a Democrat

David C. Williams (politician)

David C. Williams served in the California legislature and during World War I he served in the United States Army

Margaret Leshikar-Denton

Margaret E. "Peggy" Leshikar-Denton is an archaeologist specialising in underwater archaeology, and director of the Cayman Islands National Museum