1990 Death Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77 1976 Event "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV 1941 Birthday John Hancock, born in Hazen, Arkansas, actor, Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights 1940 Event 54th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63) 1939 Event 53rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64) 1939 Event 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60) 1939 Birthday John D Hancock, actor and director, Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights 1938 Event Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles U.S. tennis title 1938 Event 52nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Nancye Wynne Bolton (60 63) 1936 Event 50th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62) 1924 Event 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins 1913 Birthday Alice Marble, Beckworth California, tennis player, U.S. Open 1936, 1938-40 1904 Death Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist dies at 56 1895 Event U.S. Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan 1846 Birthday Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist, Galle Glaze
