2012 Event In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed 1997 Death Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66 1993 Event "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 40 performances 1993 Event "Redwood Curtain" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 40 performances 1993 Event Lanford Wilson's "Redwood Curtain," premieres in New York City 1992 Event "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway 1977 Death George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78 1967 Death Ludwig Donath, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco), dies of leukemia at 67 1959 Event "On The Beach," is 1st film to premiere on both sides of Iron Curtain 1946 Event Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri 1935 Birthday Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1930 Birthday Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up 1902 Birthday Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, writer, Lace Curtain 1900 Birthday Ludwig Donath, born in Vienna Austria, actor, Torn Curtain, Sirocco
