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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 03, would your number have been called?

  • Vietnam War 1969 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    348
  • Vietnam War 1970 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    294
  • Vietnam War 1971 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    300
  • Vietnam War 1972 Lottery
    Not CalledNot drafted
    232

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





more events on November 3

  • 1997

    U.S. imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to human rights abuses and support of Islamic extremist groups.

  • 1992

    Arkansas Governor Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton is elected 42nd president of the United States.

  • 1986

    The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports the U.S. has secretly been selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages being held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon, in what later became known as the Iran-Contra Affair.

  • 1979

    Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis kill five and wound seven members of the Communist Workers Party during a “Death to the Klan” rally in Greensboro, NC; the incident becomes known as the Greensboro Massacre.

  • 1973

    NASA launches Mariner 10, the first probe to reach Mercury.

  • 1969

    U.S. President Richard Nixon, speaking on TV and radio, asks the “silent majority” of the American people to support his policies and the continuing war effort in Vietnam.

  • 1967

    The Battle of Dak To begins in Vietnam’s Central Highlands; actually a series of engagements, the battle would continue through Nov. 22.

  • 1964

    Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the slain president John F. Kennedy, is elected as a senator from New York.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson is elected the 36th president of the United States.

  • For the first time, residents of Washington, D.C., are allowed to vote in the U.S. presidential election.

  • 1957

    The Soviet Union launches Sputnik II with the dog Laika, the first animal in space, aboard.

  • 1956

    Gary Ross, film director, screenwriter (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit).

  • 1952

    Roseanne Barr, comedian, actress, producer; best known for her starring role in the TV series Roseanne, for which she won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

  • David Ho, virologist, HIV/AIDS researcher whose significant contributions helped pave the way for better understanding and technological treatment of the infection.

  • 1949

    Larry Holmes, professional boxer known as “The Easton Assassin”; his 20 successful defenses of his heavyweight title is second only to Joe Louis’ record of 25.

  • 1942

    Martin Cruz Smith, novelist (Gorky Park).

  • 1935

    Left-wing groups in France form the Socialist and Republican Union.

  • 1933

    Michael Dukakis, politician; the longest-serving governor in the history of the state of Massachusetts (1975-79, 1983-91); unsuccessful Democratic candidate for US presidency (1988).

  • Jeremy Brett, actor; best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the Granada TV productions of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories about the detective.

  • Amartya Sen, Indian economist, winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1998) for his work on economic theories of famines and social justice and indexes for measuring the well-being of citizens in developing countries.

  • 1921

    Milk drivers on strike dump thousands of gallons of milk onto New York City’s streets to protest the drink’s varying prices on the market.

  • 1920

    Oodgeroo Noonuccal [Kath Walker], Australian Aboriginal poet.

  • 1918

    The German fleet at Kiel mutinies. This is the first act leading to Germany’s capitulation in World War I.

  • Russell Long, U.S. senator from Louisiana from 1951 to 1968 and son of Huey P. Long.

  • 1912

    The first all-metal plane flies near Issy, France, piloted by Ponche and Prinard.

  • 1909

    James “Scotty” Reston, New York Times reporter, editor and columnist.

  • 1903

    Walker Evans, photographer best known for his Great Depression photos for the Farmers Security Administration (FSA).

  • 1901

    Andre Malraux, French novelist and author of  La Condition Humaine (Man’s Fate).

  • 1896

    William McKinley is elected 25th president of the United States.

  • 1892

    First automatic telephone exchange goes into operation in La Porte, Indiana.

  • 1883

    The U.S. Supreme Court declares American Indians to be “dependent aliens.”

  • A poorly trained Egyptian army, led by British General William Hicks, marches toward El Obeid in the Sudan—straight into a Mahdist ambush and massacre.

  • 1868

    Ulysses S. Grant elected the 18th president of the United States.

  • 1831

    Ignatius Donnelly, American social reformer best known for his book Atlantis: The Antediluvian World.

  • 1813

    American troops destroy the Indian village of Tallushatchee in the Mississippi Valley.

  • 1801

    Karl Baedeker, German publisher, well known for travel guides.

  • 1794

    William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist.

  • Thomas Paine is released from a Parisian jail with help from the American ambassador James Monroe. He was arrested for having offended the Robespierre faction.

  • 1718

    John Montague, fourth Earl of Sandwich and inventor of the sandwich.

  • 1529

    The first Parliament for five years opens in England and the Commons put forward bills against abuses amongst the clergy and in the church courts.

  • 1507

    Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini (“Mona Lisa”).

  • 1493

    Christopher Columbus arrives at the Caribbee Isles (Dominica) during his second expedition.