CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. May
  4. 15
  5. Ralph Steadman

Births on May 15

Ralph Steadman
1936 May, 15

Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
Ralph Idris Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a Welsh illustrator best known for his collaboration and friendship with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1936

  • 7 Mar

    Treaty of Versailles

    Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
  • 29 Mar

    Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal remilitarization and reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
  • 9 May

    Addis Ababa

    Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • 26 Jul

    Spanish Civil War

    The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
  • 7 Sep

    Benjamin the thylacine

    The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.