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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 21, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    186
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    129
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    206
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    99

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





more events on January 21

  • 1993

    Congressman Mike Espy of Mississippi is confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.

  • 1977

    President Carter urges 65 degrees as the maximum heat in homes to ease the energy crisis.

  • 1976

    Leonid Brezhnev and Henry Kissinger meet to discuss Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT).

  • 1974

    The U.S. Supreme Court decides that pregnant teachers can no longer be forced to take long leaves of absence.

  • 1968

    In Vietnam, the Siege of Khe Sanh begins as North Vietnamese units surround U.S. Marines based on the hilltop headquarters.

  • 1964

    Carl T. Rowan is named the director of the United States Information Agency (USIA).

  • 1958

    The Soviet Union calls for a ban on nuclear arms in Baghdad Pact countries.

  • 1951

    Communist troops force the UN army out of Inchon, Korea after a 12-hour attack.

  • 1943

    A Nazi daylight air raid kills 34 in a London school. When the anticipated invasion of Britain failed to materialize in 1940, Londoners relaxed, but soon they faced a frightening new threat.

  • 1942

    In North Africa, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel launches a drive to push the British eastward. While the British benefited from radio-intercept-derived Ultra information, the Germans enjoyed an even speedier intelligence source.

  • 1941

    The United States lifts the ban on selling arms to the Soviet Union.

  • 1933

    The League of Nations rejects Japanese terms for settlement with China.

  • 1930

    An international arms control meeting opens in London.

  • 1925

    Benny Hill, British comedian.

  • 1921

    J.D. Rockefeller pledges $1 million for the relief of Europe’s destitute.

  • 1919

    The German Krupp plant begins producing guns under the U.S. armistice terms.

  • 1910

    Japan rejects the American proposal to neutralize ownership of the Manchurian Railway.

  • 1824

    Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Confederate General.

  • 1793

    The French King Louis XVI is guillotined for treason.

  • 1790

    Joseph Guillotine proposes a new, more humane method of execution: a machine designed to cut off the condemned person’s head as painlessly as possible.

  • 1785

    Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa and Wyandot Indians sign the treaty of Fort McIntosh, ceding present-day Ohio to the United States.

  • 1737

    Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary commander.

  • 1648

    In Maryland, the first woman lawyer in the colonies, Margaret Brent, is denied a vote in the Maryland Assembly.

  • 1189

    Philip Augustus, Henry II of England and Frederick Barbarossa assemble the troops for the Third Crusade.