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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 October 01, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    359
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    306
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    71
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    215

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





more events on October 1

  • 2009

    The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over judicial functions of the House of Lords.

  • 1991

    Siege of Dubrovnik begins in the Croatian War of Independence.

  • 1989

    Denmark introduces the world’s first “civil union” law granting same-sex couples certain legal rights and responsibilities but stopping short of recognizing same-sex marriages.

  • 1982

    First compact disc player, released by Sony.

  • 1979

    US returns sovereignty of the Panama Canal to Panama.

  • 1975

    Legendary boxing match: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in the “Thrilla in Manila.”

  • 1974

    Five Nixon aides–Kenneth Parkinson, Robert Mardian, Nixon’s Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell–go on trial for conspiring to hinder the Watergate investigation.

  • 1971

    First CT or CAT brain scan performed, at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.

  • Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, the second of Disney’s “Magic Kingdoms.”

  • 1964

    Max Matsuura (Masato Matsuura), record producer, president of Avex Group, one of Japan’s largest music labels.

  • Japanese “bullet trains” (Shinkansen) begin high-speed rail transit between Tokyo and Osaka.

  • The first Free Speech Movement protest erupts spontaneously on the University of California, Berkeley campus; students demanded an end to the ban of on-campus political activities.

  • 1963

    Mark McGwire, “Big Mac,” pro baseball player who broke Roger Maris’ single-season home run record; admitted in 2010 to using performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career.

  • 1962

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson debuts; Carson will remain The Tonight Show host until 1992.

  • 1961

    The Federal Republic of Cameroon is formed by the merger of East and West Cameroon.

  • 1960

    Nigeria becomes independent from the UK.

  • 1958

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) replaces the 43-year-old National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in the US.

  • 1957

    “”In God We Trust” appears on US paper currency as an act to distinguish the US from the officially atheist USSR; the motto had appeared on coins at various times since 1864.

  • 1955

    Jeff Reardon, pro baseball pitcher known as “The Terminator” for his intimidating pitching mound presence and 98 mph fastball.

  • 1950

    Randy Quaid, actor (The Last Detail; won Golden Globe for his portrayal of Pres. Lyndon Johnson in LBJ: The Early Years).

  • 1949

    Mao Zedong establishes the People’s Republic of China.

  • 1947

    Dave Arneson, game designer; co-created Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game with Gary Gygax, establishing the roleplaying game genre.

  • First flight of F-86 Sabre jet fighter, which would win fame in the Korean War.

  • 1946

    Tim O’Brien, novelist (The Things They Carried, In the Lake of the Woods).

  • Eleven Nazi war criminals are sentenced to be hanged at Nuremberg trials—Hermann Goring, Alfred Jodl, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachin von Ribbentrop, Fritz Saukel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Julius Streicher, and Alfred Rosenberg.

  • 1944

    The U.S. First Army begins the siege Aachen, Germany.

  • 1943

    British troops in Italy enter Naples and occupy Foggia airfield.

  • 1942

    The German Army grinds to a complete halt within the city of Stalingrad.

  • 1935

    Julie Andrews (Julia Elizabeth Wells), actress and singer whose films include Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.

  • 1932

    Albert Collins, guitarist.

  • 1924

    Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the U.S. (1977-1981)

  • 1908

    The Ford Model T, the first car for millions of Americans, hits the market. Over 15 million Model Ts are eventually sold, all of them black.

  • 1904

    Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American virtuoso pianist.

  • 1890

    Yosemite National Park is dedicated in California.

  • 1878

    General Lew Wallace is sworn in as governor of New Mexico Territory. He went on to deal with the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid and write Ben-Hur. His Civil War heroics earned him the moniker Savior of Cincinnati.

  • 1864

    The Condor, a British blockade-runner, is grounded near Fort Fisher, North Carolina.

  • 1856

    The first installment of Gustav Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary appears in the Revue de Paris after the publisher refuses to print a passage in which the character Emma has a tryst in the back seat of a carriage.

  • 1847

    Maria Mitchell, American astronomer, discovers a comet and is elected the same day to the American Academy of Arts—the first woman to be so honored. The King of Denmark awarded her a gold medal for her discovery.

  • 1839

    The British government decides to send a punitive naval expedition to China.

  • 1837

    Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment during America’s Civil War.

  • 1791

    In Paris, the National Legislative Assembly holds its first meeting.

  • 1588

    The feeble Sultan Mohammed Shah of Persia, hands over power to his 17-year old son Abbas.

  • 1273

    Rudolf of Hapsburg is elected emperor in Germany.

  • 331

    Alexander the Great decisively shatters King Darius III’s Persian army at Gaugamela (Arbela), in a tactical masterstroke that leaves him master of the Persian Empire.