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November 1, 1938

On November 1, 1938, seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. Jerry Rubin, Tommy Vig, Ian St John would arrive in the same year.

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Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

Seabiscuit was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.

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1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1938th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 938th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1930s decade.

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On November 1, 1938

  1. 1938 Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

    American champion thoroughbred racehorse (1933–1947)

    Seabiscuit was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.

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Jerry Rubin 1938– American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)
Tommy Vig 1938– Hungarian vibraphone player, drummer, and composer
Ian St John 1938– Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2021)
Carroll Cole 1938– American serial killer (died 1985)
Charles Simić 1938– Serbian-American poet and editor (died 2023)
Jerry Rubin 1938– American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)

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