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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 31, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    100
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    126
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    322
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    164

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





more events on December 31

  • 1977

    Cambodia breaks relations with Vietnam.

  • 1965

    California becomes the largest state in population.

  • 1944

    Hungary declares war on Germany.

  • 1942

    After five months of battle, Emperor Hirohito allows the Japanese commanders at Guadalcanal to retreat.

  • 1941

    General MacArthur reports that U.S. lines in Manila have been pushed back by the Japanese.

  • 1930

    Brewery heir Adolphus Busch is kidnapped.

  • 1923

    The Sahara is crossed by an automobile for the first time.

  • 1915

    The Germans torpedo the British liner Persia without any warning killing 335 passengers.

  • 1911

    Helene Dutrieu wins the Femina aviation cup in Etampes. She sets a distance record for women at 158 miles.

  • 1910

    John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxsey, two of America’s foremost aviators, die in separate plane crashes.

  • 1908

    Simon Wiesenthal, survivor of the Nazi Holocaust who dedicated his life to tracking down former Nazis.

  • 1889

    George Catlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during World War II, Secretary of State under Truman, won Nobel Peace Prize for the Marshall Plan.

  • 1869

    Henri Matisse, French artist.

  • 1862

    Union General William Rosecrans‘ army repels two Confederate attacks at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone’s River).

  • 1852

    The richest year of the gold rush ends with $81.3 million in gold produced.

  • 1815

    George Gordon Meade, Union general who defeated Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.

  • 1775

    George Washington orders recruiting officers to accept free blacks into the army.

  • 1720

    Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of James II, known as the Young Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie.