Almanac: The 1969 draft lottery

website 1969 draft lottery To celebrate Ken Burns' 2017 documentary, The Vietnam War, PBS and USA Today created a Vietnam War Draft Lottery calculator 1969 draft lottery Senate Passes Nixon Draft Lottery Scheme NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED November 20, 1969 The Senate passed President Nixon's draft-lottery bill yesterday, and sent it

1969 draft lottery The draft lottery was conducted by the Selective Service System of the United States It was comprised of two lotteries to determine the order of call to  December 1, 1969, was arguably one of the worst days of the entire Vietnam conflict It was the date of the first draft lottery to determine  On December 1, 1969, the United States held its first draft lottery, which gave young men a random number corresponding to their birthdays

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