TIL In 1969 the US held a televised draft lottery for the Vietnam War

On this day in 1969, a draft lottery - We Are The Mighty draft lottery 1969 Results of the draft lottery held by the Selective Service System of the United States in 1969 1969 Draft Lottery results 001 Sep 14, 062 Apr 21, 123 draft lottery mlb The televised Vietnam draft lottery on December 1, 1969, randomly assigned numbers to young men based on their birthdays for military

draft lottery vietnam The lottery system was introduced in the last few years of the Vietnam War The goal was to make selection random, and therefore fair The date