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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 May 03, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    40
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    171
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    177
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    166

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





more events on May 3

  • 1982

    A British submarine sinks Argentina’s only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War.

  • 1979

    Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain.

  • 1971

    James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King Jr.‘s assassin, is caught in a jail break attempt.

  • 1968

    After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retake Dai Do complex in Vietnam, only to find the North Vietnamese have evacuated the area.

  • 1952

    The first airplane lands at the geographic North Pole.

  • 1948

    The Supreme Court rules that movie studios must sell off its theaters, breaking apart a huge monopoly forming within the film industry.

  • 1933

    James Brown, American singer and songwriter.

  • 1926

    U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua.

  • 1920

    Walker Smith, Jr. (Sugar Ray Robinson), champion middleweight boxer.

  • John Lewis, jazz pianist.

  • 1919

    Pete Seeger, folksinger and songwriter.

  • Betty Comden, lyricist.

  • 1913

    William Inge, American playwright (Picnic, Bus Stop).

  • 1912

    May Sarton, poet and writer.

  • 1903

    Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

  • 1898

    Golda Meir, Fourth Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974).

  • 1865

    President Abraham Lincoln‘s funeral train arrives in Springfield, Illinois.

  • 1863

    The Battle of Chancellorsville rages for a second day.

  • 1859

    France declares war on Austria.

  • 1855

    Macon B. Allen becomes the first African American to be admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts.

  • 1849

    Jacob Riis, American reformer (How the Other Half Lives).

  • 1568

    French forces in Florida slaughter hundreds of Spanish.

  • 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli, political advisor and writer (The Prince).

  • 495

    Pope Gelasius asserts that his authority is superior to Emperor Anastasius.