- arrival of the Ravenscrag in Honolulu, 1879 (ship and the three original builders or a Nunes uke)
- adoption by the royal Hawaiian Household (perhaps Queen Lili'uokalani with a ukulele, first measures of Aloha 'Oe)
- spread to the continent (Henry Kailimai at the 1915 SF Panama Pacific World Exposition, perhaps with a Kamaka ukulele)
- ukulele at the movies (Ukulele Ike with a Martin ukulele)
- a continental rage (students with cheap and cheerful Chicago-built ukuleles)
- over to Europe (George Formby with a banjo ukulele)
- on television (Arthur Godfrey with plastic ukuleles)
- as a humoristic prop in cabaret (Tiny Tim with a battered resonator in a paper bag)
- on the internet (Jake Shimabukuro at the Midnight Ukulele Disco segment filmed in Central Park)
- clubs everywhere (a group of people playing and singing together, and some more outlandish ukulele shapes like fluke/flea types, boatpaddles, black bear ones)
As much I as I would like to smuggle in hot players (Sol Ho'opi, Roy Smeck, Iz, John King, James Hill) different instruments (the resonator department), further regions (Polynesian ukuleles), more women (May Singhi Breen for the classical side, Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Doris Day or Mia Farrow for their iconic scenes on the big screen), more genres (Joe Strummer with a baritone, Eddie Vedder, some 'Got Talent' contestant) but the list above is problably already way too much.