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What’s Your Vietnam War Draft Lottery Number?

The Vietnam War draft lottery ran from 1969 to 1972. If you were born on April 11, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    14
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    178
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    324
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    350

Read on to learn more about the Vietnam war draft lottery.





more events on April 11

  • 1996

    Forty-three African nations sign the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty.

  • 1991

    The United Nations Security Council issues formal ceasefire with Iraq.

  • 1986

    Dodge Morgan sails solo nonstop around the world in 150 days.

  • 1981

    President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from hospital after recovery from an assassination attempt.

  • 1974

    The Judiciary committee subpoenas President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry.

  • 1968

    President Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

  • 1961

    Folk singer Bob Dylan performs in New York City for the first time, opening for John Lee Hooker.

  • Israel begins the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of war crimes during WWII.

  • 1951

    President Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea.

  • 1950

    Bill Irwin, actor and choreographer.

  • 1945

    After two frustrating days of being repulsed and absorbing tremendous casualties, the Red Army finally takes the Seelow Heights north of Berlin.

  • 1942

    Detachment 101 of the OSS–a guerrilla force–is activated in Burma.

  • 1941

    Ellen Goodman, Pultizer Prize-winning columnist.

  • German bombers blitz Coventry, England.

  • 1932

    Joel Grey (Joe Katz), actor.

  • 1925

    Ethel Kennedy, wife of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

  • 1901

    Glenway Wescott, writer.

  • 1898

    American President William McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war with Spain.

  • 1893

    Dean G. Acheson, U.S. secretary of state (1949-53) who helped create NATO.

  • 1862

    Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • 1814

    Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

  • 1794

    Edward Everett, governor of Massachusetts, statesman and orator.

  • 1783

    After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on 13 March, Congress proclaims a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.

  • 1770

    George Canning, British prime minister (1827).

  • 1755

    James Parkinson, English physician.

  • 1722

    Christopher Smart, English poet.

  • 1713

    The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending the War of Spanish Succession. France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain.

  • 1512

    The forces of the Holy League are heavily defeated by the French at the Battle of Ravenna.

  • 1370

    Frederick I, elector of Saxony.