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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 January 10, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    325
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    101
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    231
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    37

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





more events on January 10

  • 2007

    A general strike begins in Guinea; eventually, it will lead to the resignation of the country’s president, Lansana Conte.

  • 1985

    Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua, vowing to continue the country’s transformation to a socialist state with close ties to the USSR and Cuba.

  • 1984

    The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years.

  • 1964

    Panama breaks ties with the U.S. and demands a revision of the canal treaty.

  • 1953

    Pat Benatar, singer; the four-time Grammy winner’s hits include “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and “Invincible”.

  • 1949

    Linda Lovelace (Linda Boreman), pornographic actress made famous by the movie Deep Throat, she later became an anti-pornography activist.

  • George Foreman, world heavyweight champion boxer.

  • 1946

    Chiang Kai-shek and the Yenan Communist forces halt fighting in China.

  • 1945

    Rod Stewart, singer, songwriter (“Maggie May,” “Tonight’s the Night”).

  • 1941

    The Soviets and Germany agree on the East European borders and the exchange of industrial equipment.

  • 1940

    German planes attack 12 ships off the British coast; sinking 3 ships and killing 35 people.

  • 1923

    The United States withdraws its last troops from Germany.

  • 1920

    The Treaty of Versailles goes into effect.

  • 1918

    In Washington, the House of Representatives passes legislation for women’s suffrage.

  • 1917

    Germany is rebuked as the Entente officially rejects a proposal for peace talks and demands the return of occupied territories from Germany.

  • 1912

    The world’s first flying-boat airplane, designed by Glenn Curtiss, makes its maiden flight at Hammondsport.

  • 1911

    Two German cruisers, the Emden and the Nurnberg, suppress a native revolt on island of Ponape in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific when they fire on the island and land troops.

  • 1903

    Argentina bans the importation of American beef because of sanitation problems.

  • 1901

    The Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.

  • 1899

    Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo renounces the Treaty of Paris, which annexed the Philippines to the United States.

  • 1870

    John D. Rockefeller and his brother William establish the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.

  • 1864

    George Washington Carver, chemist, agronomist, helped change the agricultural economy of the South.

  • 1863

    London’s Underground begins operations.

  • 1861

    Florida secedes from the Union.

  • 1847

    General Stephen Kearny and Commodore Robert Stockton retake Los Angeles in the last California battle of the Mexican War.

  • 1834

    Lord Acton [John E.E. Dalberg], English historian, editor of The Rambler.

  • 1811

    An uprising of over 400 slaves is put down in New Orleans. Sixty-six blacks are killed and their heads are strung up along the roads of the city.

  • 1724

    King Philip V shocks all of Europe when he abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, Louis.

  • 1645

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, is beheaded on Tower Hill, accused of acting as an enemy of the British Parliament.

  • 1072

    Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger take Palermo in Sicily.