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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 July 10, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    284
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    158
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    234
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    89

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





more events on July 10

  • 1993

    Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes.

  • 1991

    Boris Yeltsin is sworn in as the first elected president of the Russian Federation, following the breakup of the USSR.

  • 1985

    Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling “old formula Coke,” following a public outcry and falling sales of its “new Coke.”

  • 1980

    Adam Petty, race driver, first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history; his death in 2000 contributed to NASCAR’s decision to mandate a kill switch on steering wheels.

  • 1976

    In Seveso, near Milan, Italy, an explosion in a chemical factory covers the surrounding area with toxic dioxin. Time magazine has ranked the Seveso incident No. 8 on its list of the 10 worst environmental disasters.

  • 1967

    Singer Bobbie Gentry records “Ode to Billie Joe,” which will become a country music classic and win 4 Grammys.

  • 1965

    Alexia, princess of Greece and Denmark.

  • “”(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” becomes the Rolling Stones’ first No. 1 single in the USA.

  • 1962

    The satellite Telstar is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, beaming live television from Europe to the United States.

  • 1960

    Belgium sends troops to the Congo to protect whites as the Congolese Bloodbath begins, just 10 days after the former colony became independent of Belgian rule.

  • 1951

    Armistice talks between the United Nations and North Korea begin at Kaesong.

  • 1947

    Folk singer Arlo Guthrie (“Alice’s Restaurant,” “City of New Orleans”), son of Woody Guthrie.

  • 1945

    U.S. carrier-based aircraft begin airstrikes against Japan in preparation for invasion.

  • 1943

    Arthur Ashe, American tennis player.

  • American and British forces complete their amphibious landing of Sicily.

  • 1942

    General Carl Spaatz becomes the head of the U.S. Air Force in Europe.

  • 1940

    Germany begins the bombing of England.

  • 1933

    Jerry Herman, songwriter.

  • 1931

    Alice Munro, Canadian writer (Open Secrets, Friend of my Youth).

  • 1927

    David Dinkins, first African-American mayor of New York City.

  • 1925

    The trial of Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes opens, with Clarence Darrow appearing for the defense and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution.

  • 1920

    David Brinkley, broadcaster.

  • 1915

    Saul Bellow, writer.

  • 1905

    Ivie Anderson, jazz singer.

  • 1893

    Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open-heart surgery, without the benefit of penicillin or blood transfusion.

  • 1890

    Wyoming becomes the 44th state.

  • 1875

    Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, founder of Bethune-Cookman College and the National Council of Negro Women.

  • 1871

    Marcel Proust, French novelist (Remembrance of Things Past).

  • 1850

    Millard Fillmore is sworn in as the 13th president of the United States following the death of Zachary Taylor.

  • 1834

    James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter.

  • 1830

    Camille Pissarro, French painter.

  • 1778

    In support of the American Revolution, Louis XVI declares war on England.

  • 1776

    The statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City.

  • 1679

    The British crown claims New Hampshire as a royal colony.

  • 1609

    The Catholic states in Germany set up a league under the leadership of Maximilian of Bavaria.

  • 1520

    The Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes is driven from Tenochtitlan and retreats to Tlaxcala.

  • 1509

    John Calvin, Protestant religious leader, founder of Calvinism.