People
Private First Class Frank
November 2016 | JC Sullivan
WWII hero Frank J. Petrarca lived with his family at 11300 Woodland Ave. His father, Dominic, a carpenter and cabinet maker, was Italian born while his mother, Elizabeth “Betty” (Tonti), was born in Connecticut. Frank’s siblings...
Sister Blandina Was the Fastest Draw in the West
October 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Suor Blandina Segale divenne celebre alla fine del 1800 per la sua attività di missionaria nel Far West e per i suoi leggendari incontri con il fuorilegge Billy the Kid, fatto per cui è passata alla storia come “la suora...
Who Invented the Telephone?
October 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A chi attribuire la paternità del telefono? Ad Antonio Meucci nel 1872 o ad Alexander Graham Bell nel 1876? L’inventore italiano nacque a Firenze da una famiglia modesta e contro il volere del padre si iscrisse all’accademia...
Constantino Brumidi
October 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Constantino Brumidi the “Michelangelo of the Capitol” was dedicated to “making beautiful the Capitol of the one country where there is liberty.” He started with his classical and allegorical murals in a test-run in 1855...
Garry Marshall
September 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Garry Marshall, regista, produttore e sceneggiatore di origine italo americana, si è spento ad 81 anni in California in seguito a complicazioni successive a un infarto. Affermatosi negli anni ’70 per aver ideato alcune delle...
Auld Lang Syne & “The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven”
August 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
He was known as Mr. New Year’s Eve. To his critics, the violin-playing band leader, Guy Lombardo, was derided as the “King of Corn,” “Schmaltz King” and “Gooey Lumbago.” Yet, for generations, everyone came...
Basil M. Russo
June 2016 | Paul Sciria
The National Italian American Foundation’s (NIAF) Board of Directors unanimously elected ISDA National President, Basil M. Russo, to its Board on April 29th at its meeting held in NYC.
NIAF President and COO, John Viola, stated “I know...
The first Italian American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
April 2016 | Serena Scaiola
Improvvisa morte del giudice costituzionale Antonin Scalia, il più conservatore della Corte suprema e membro influente del massimo organo giurisdizionale americano. 79 anni, di origini italiane, è deceduto per cause naturali dopo un...
Valentino
May 2016 | Paul Sciria
On August 24, 1926, an estimated 100,000 people lined the streets of NYC to pay their respects at the funeral of Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla or, as he was professionally known, Rudolph Valentino,...
- You are here:
-
Home
- People
