2010 Event A professor searching into medical records of playwright Bertolt Brecht discovers he may have died after contracting undiagnosed rheumatic fever as a child 1958 Event Bertolt Brecht's "Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo o Ui," premieres 1956 Death Bertolt Brecht, German Poet 1943 Event Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich 1943 Event Bertolt Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan," premieres in Zurich 1914 Birthday George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1898 Birthday Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright, Mother Courage, composer