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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 June 29, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    353
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    154
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    196
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    75

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





more events on June 29

  • 1982

    Israel invades Lebanon.

  • 1970

    U.S. troops pull out of Cambodia.

  • 1967

    Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.

  • 1966

    The U.S. Air Force bombs fuel storage facilities near Hanoi, North Vietnam.

  • 1955

    The Soviet Union sends tanks to Poznan, Poland, to put down anti-Communist demonstrations.

  • 1951

    The United States invites the Soviet Union to the Korean peace talks on a ship in Wonsan Harbor.

  • 1950

    President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.

  • 1941

    Stokely Carmichael, African-American civil rights leader.

  • 1938

    Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Olympic National Park, Washington, are founded.

  • 1932

    Siam’s army seizes Bangkok and announces an end to the absolute monarchy.

  • 1930

    Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist.

  • 1926

    Fascists in Rome add an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure.

  • 1925

    An earthquake ravages Santa Barbara, California.

  • 1917

    The Ukraine proclaims independence from Russia.

  • 1910

    Frank Loesser, songwriter.

  • 1905

    Russian troops intervene as riots erupt in ports all over the country, leaving many ships looted.

  • 1903

    The British government officially protests Belgian atrocities in the Congo.

  • 1900

    Antoine de Saint-Exupery, aviator and writer.

  • 1888

    Professor Frederick Treves performs the first appendectomy in England.

  • 1886

    James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer.

  • 1880

    France annexes Tahiti.

  • 1865

    William E. Borah, Republican senator from Idaho, opponent of the League of Nations.

  • 1862

    Union forces, falling back from Richmond, fight at the Battle of Savage’s Station.

  • 1861

    William James Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

  • 1858

    George Washington Goethals, engineer of the Panama Canal.

  • 1767

    The British parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America.

  • 1652

    Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth.

  • 1236

    Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon take Cordoba in Spain.