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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 January 15, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    17
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    75
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    325
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    221

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





more events on January 15

  • 2001

    Wikipedia goes online.

  • 1992

    Slovenia and Croatia’s independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is recognized by the international community.

  • 1991

    Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II approves Australia instituting its own Victoria Cross honors system, the first county in the British Commonwealth permitted to do so.

  • UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw its forces from occupied Kuwait passes, setting the stage for Operation Desert Storm.

  • 1982

    Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia.

  • 1976

    Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life in prison for her failed attempt to assassinate US President Gerald Ford.

  • 1975

    The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of independence and granting the country independence from Portugal.

  • 1973

    Four of six remaining Watergate defendants plead guilty.

  • US President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action by US troops in Vietnam.

  • 1967

    Some 462 Yale faculty members call for an end to the bombing in North Vietnam.

  • 1965

    Sir Winston Churchill suffers a severe stroke.

  • 1949

    Chinese Communists occupy Tientsin after a 27-hour battle with Nationalist forces.

  • 1948

    Ronnie Van Zant, singer, songwriter; founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd band.

  • 1945

    Princess Michael of Kent (Baroness Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz), married to Prince Michael of Kent, grandson of Britain’s King George V.

  • 1944

    The U.S. Fifth Army successfully breaks the German Winter Line in Italy with the capture of Mount Trocchio.

  • 1936

    In London, Japan quits all naval disarmament talks after being denied equality.

  • 1930

    Amelia Earhart sets an aviation record for women at 171 mph in a Lockheed Vega.

  • 1929

    Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • The U.S. Senate ratifies the Kellogg-Briand anti-war pact.

  • 1927

    The Dumbarton Bridge opens in San Francisco carrying the first auto traffic across the bay.

  • 1920

    The United States approves a $150 million loan to Poland, Austria and Armenia to aid in their war with the Russian communists.

  • The Dry Law goes into effect in the United States. Selling liquor and beer becomes illegal.

  • 1919

    Peasants in Central Russia rise against the Bolsheviks.

  • 1913

    The first telephone line between Berlin and New York is inaugurated.

  • 1908

    Edward Teller, Hungarian-born U.S. physicist known as the “Father of the H-bomb.”

  • 1906

    Aristotle Onassis, Greek tycoon.

  • 1865

    Union troops capture Fort Fisher, North Carolina.

  • 1823

    Mathew Brady, Civil War photographer.

  • 1811

    In a secret session, Congress plans to annex Spanish East Florida.

  • 1716

    Philip Livingston, signatory to the Declaration of Independence.

  • 1624

    Riots flare in Mexico when it is announced that all churches are to be closed.

  • 1622

    Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French comic dramatist best remembered for his play La Tartuffe.