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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 December 15, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    320
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    87
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    3
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    137

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





more events on December 15

  • 2005

    F-22 Raptor Stealth fighter enters active service with the US Air Force.

  • 2001

    The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after an 11-year, $27 million project to fortify it without eliminating its famed lean.

  • 1993

    The Downing Street Declaration, issued jointly by UK and the Republic of Ireland, affirms the UK would transfer Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland only if a majority of Northern Ireland’s people approved.

  • 1981

    In what is often called the first modern suicide bombing, a suicide car bomb kills 61 people at the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon is among the casualties.

  • 1979

    Adam Brody, actor (Gilmore Girls and The O.C. TV series).

  • 1978

    US President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and will sever all relations with Taiwan.

  • 1976

    The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant causes one of the worst marine oil spills in history when it runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts.

  • 1973

    The American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.

  • 1972

    The Commonwealth of Australia orders equal pay for women.

  • 1967

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the meat bill in the presence of Upton Sinclair, the author of the controversial book The Jungle.

  • 1965

    The United States drops 12 tons of bombs on an industrial center near Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam.

  • 1961

    Adolf Eichmann, the former German Gestapo official accused of a major role in the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews, is sentenced by a Jerusalem court to be hanged.

  • 1946

    Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh sends a note to the new French Premier, Leon Blum, asking for peace talks.

  • 1944

    The battle for Luzon begins.

  • 1943

    U.S. forces invade Japanese-held New Britain Island in New Guinea.

  • 1942

    Dave Clark, singer, songwriter, drummer, producer; lead singer of The Dave Clark Five.

  • 1938

    Washington sends its fourth note to Berlin demanding amnesty for Jews.

  • 1933

    Tim Conway, actor, screenwriter, producer, known for his comedic roles in TV and film that he frequently improvised (The Carol Burnett Show TV series).

  • 1930

    In Spain, a general strike is called in support of the revolution in what would come to be known as the Jaca Uprising.

  • 1924

    The Soviet Union warns the United States against repeated entry of ships into Soviet territorial waters.

  • 1923

    Uziel Gal, German-Israeli firearm designer, best known for designing the Uzi submachine gun.

  • 1920

    China wins a place on the League Council; Austria is admitted.

  • 1919

    Max Yasgur, whose New York farm became the site of the Woodstock music festival in August 1969.

  • 1916

    Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and molecular biologist; received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962).

  • 1911

    Nicholas P. Dallis, a psychiatrist turned comic strip writer who created the long-running strips Rex Morgan, M.D., Judge Parker, and Apartment 3-G.

  • 1907

    Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect who designed the Uited Nations Headquarters building.

  • 1903

    The British parliament places a 15-year ban on whale hunting in Norway.

  • 1892

    J. Paul Getty, American oilman and art collector..

  • 1890

    As U.S. Army soldiers attempt to arrest Sitting Bull at his cabin in Standing Rock, South Dakota, shooting breaks out and Lt. Bullhead shoots the great Sioux leader.

  • 1883

    William A. Hinton, developer of the “Hinton Test” for diagnosing syphilis.

  • 1864

    The battle at Nashville begins.

  • 1862

    In New Orleans, Louisiana, Union Major General Benjamin F. Butler turns his command over to Nathaniel Banks. The citizens of New Orleans hold farewell parties for Butler, “The Beast” – but only after he leaves.

  • Nathan Bedford Forrest crosses the Tennessee River at Clifton with 2,500 men to raid the communications around Vicksburg, Mississippi.

  • 1832

    Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, designer of the famous tower in Paris.

  • 1791

    The Bill of Rights is ratified in Congress.

  • 37

    Nero Claudius Caesar, emperor of Rome, blamed for the great fire of Rome.