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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 May 24, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    31
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    22
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    60
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    246

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

What happened today

1610

Sir Thomas Gates institutes "laws divine moral and marshal, " a harsh civil code for Jamestown.

Famous birthdays

1544

William Gilbert, English physician and scientist.

more events on May 24

  • 1961

    Civil rights activists are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • 1951

    Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants.

  • 1941

    Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman), singer and songwriter.

  • The British battleship Hood is sunk by the German battleship Bismarck. There are only three survivors.

  • 1930

    Amy Johnson becomes the first woman to fly from England to Australia.

  • 1928

    William Trevor, Irish short story writer and novelist (The Old Boys, The Boarding House).

  • 1905

    Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist (And Quiet Flows the Don).

  • 1903

    Arthur Vineberg, Canadian heart surgeon.

  • 1895

    Samuel I. Newhouse, American publisher.

  • 1878

    Lillian Moller Gilbreth, pioneer in time-motion studies.

  • The first American bicycle race is held in Boston.

  • 1863

    Bushwackers led by Captain William Marchbanks attack a Federal militia party in Nevada, Missouri.

  • 1861

    General Benjamin Butler declares slaves to be the contraband of war.

  • 1846

    General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey.

  • 1844

    Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message.

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