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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 November 01, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    CalledDrafted
    19
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    243
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    366
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    107

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

What happened today

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Michelangelo's painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is exhibited for the first time.

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Jems Renwick, architect.

more events on November 1

  • 2000

    Serbia joins the United Nations.

  • 1982

    Honda opens a plant in Marysville, Ohio, becoming the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the US.

  • 1981

    LaTavia Roberson, singer, songwriter; original member of Destiny’s Child group.

  • Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.

  • 1973

    Leon Jaworski appointed as new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

  • 1968

    The Motion Picture Association of America officially introduces its rating system to indicate age-appropriateness of film content.

  • President Lyndon B. Johnson calls a halt to bombing in Vietnam, hoping this will lead to progress at the Paris peace talks.

  • 1967

    Tina Arena (Filippina Lydia Arena), singer, songwriter, actress, record producer; first Australian to receive the Order of State; awarded Knighthood of the Order of National Merit, by the President of the French Republic (2009).

  • The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets.

  • 1964

    Karen Marie Moning, bestselling author; her Highlander and Fever series blend urban fantasy with Celtic mythology.

  • 1960

    Tim Cook, business executive; CEO of Apple, inc. (2011– ).

  • 1958

    Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter, director, producer (Being John Malkovich; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

  • 1951

    Algerian National Liberation Front begins guerrilla warfare against the French.

  • 1950

    Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation.

  • Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman.

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