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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 July 14, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    331
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    156
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    307
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    305

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





more events on July 14

  • 1964

    The United States sends 600 more troops to Vietnam.

  • 1951

    The George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first national park honoring an African American.

  • 1945

    American battleships and cruisers bombard the Japanese home islands for the first time.

  • 1941

    Vichy French Foreign Legionaries sign an armistice in Damascus, allowing them to join the Free French Foreign Legion.

  • 1940

    A force of German bombers attacks Suez, Egypt, from bases in Crete.

  • 1938

    Howard Hughes and crew set a new world record for an around-the-world flight.

  • 1933

    Nazi Germany promulgates the Law for the Protection of Hereditary Health–the beginning of the Euthanasia program.

  • 1918

    Arthur Laurents, writer and librettist.

  • Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (The Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander).

  • 1916

    Natalia Ginzburg, Italian novelist (The Dry Heat, Family Sayings).

  • 1913

    Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (1974-1977).

  • 1912

    Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie, American folk singer.

  • 1904

    Isaac Singer, Polish-born American writer.

  • 1903

    Irving Stone, biographical novelist.

  • 1900

    European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers.

  • 1864

    At Harrisburg, Mississippi, Federal troops under General Andrew Jackson Smith repulse an attack by General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

  • 1860

    Owen Wister, novelist (The Virginian).

  • 1858

    Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union.

  • 1798

    The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.

  • 1789

    The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, is stormed by a mob.

  • 1536

    France and Portugal sign the Treaty of Lyons, aligning themselves against Spain.

  • 1456

    Hungarians defeat the Ottomans at the Battle of Belgrade, in present-day Yugoslavia.

  • 1430

    Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.

  • 1223

    In France, Louis VIII succeeds his father, Philip Augustus.