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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 September 07, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    8
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    265
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    42
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    144

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





more events on September 7

  • 2008

    US Government assumes conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s two largest mortgage financing companies, during the subprime mortgage crisis.

  • 2004

    Hurricane Ivan damages 90% of buildings on the island of Grenada; 39 die in the Category 5 storm.

  • 1988

    Pilot and cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan to travel to outer space, returns to earth after 9 days aboard the Soviet space station Mir.

  • 1986

    Desmond Tutu becomes first black leader of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of South Africa).

  • 1979

    ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programing Network, debuts.

  • 1978

    Secret police agent Francesco Gullino assassinates Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in London by firing a ricin pellet from a specially designed umbrella.

  • 1977

    Panama and US sign Torrijos-Carter Treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the US to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

  • 1970

    Jockey Bill Shoemaker earns 6,033rd win, breaking Johnny Longden’s record for most lifetime wins; Shoemaker’s record would stand for 29 years.

  • 1965

    Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio.

  • 1956

    Michael Feinstein, singer, musician; archivist for Great American Songbook.

  • 1954

    Integration of public schools begins in Washington D.C. and Maryland.

  • 1953

    Nikita Krushchev elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

  • 1950

    Margaret “Peggy” Noonan, author, The Wall Street Journal columnist; special assistant to President Ronald Reagan.

  • Julie Kavner, Emmy Award–winning actress (Rhoda, 1968) and voice actress (The Simpsons, 1992); best known as the voice of Marge Simpson in The Simpsons.

  • 1949

    Gloria Gaynor, Grammy Award–winning singer (“I Will Survive”).

  • 1943

    Beverley McLachlin, first woman to serve as Chief Justice of Canada.

  • 1942

    The Red Army pushes back the German line northwest of Stalingrad.

  • 1940

    Germany’s blitz against London begins during the Battle of Britain.

  • 1936

    Buddy Holly, singer, songwriter, rock ‘n roll pioneer.

  • 1930

    Sonny Rollins, saxophonist.

  • 1916

    The U.S. Congress passes the Workman’s Compensation Act.

  • 1914

    James Alfred Van Allen, discovered and named the two radiation belts surrounding the Earth.

  • 1912

    French aviator Roland Garros sets an altitude record of 13,200 feet.

  • 1909

    Elia Kazan, producer, screenwriter and director who won directing Oscars for Gentleman’s Agreement and On the Waterfront.

  • 1900

    Taylor Caldwell, novelist.

  • 1892

    The first heavyweight-title boxing match fought with gloves under Marquis of Queensbury rules ends when James J. Corbett knocks out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round.

  • 1888

    An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.

  • 1876

    The James-Younger gang botches an attempt to rob the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota.

  • 1864

    Union General Phil Sheridan’s troops skirmish with the Confederates under Jubal Early outside Winchester, Virginia.

  • 1860

    Edith Sitwell, poet.

  • Anna Marie Robertson (Grandma Moses), American folk painter who started her career at age 78, best known for her paintings of rural life.

  • 1813

    The earliest known printed reference to the United States by the nickname “Uncle Sam” occurs in the Troy Post.

  • 1812

    On the road to Moscow, Napoleon wins a costly victory over the Russians at Borodino.

  • 1778

    Shawnee Indians attack and lay siege to Boonesborough, Kentucky.

  • 1701

    England, Austria, and the Netherlands form an Alliance against France.

  • 1630

    The town of Trimountaine in Massachusetts is renamed Boston. It became the state capital.

  • 1571

    At the Battle of Lepanto in the Mediterranean Sea, the Christian galley fleet destroys the Turkish galley fleet.

  • 1533

    Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558-1603), led her country during the exploration of the New World and war with Spain.