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The 1969 draft lottery assigned each calendar birth date (including Feb. 29) a lottery number by drawing 366 capsules from a jar on December 1, 1969; the order drawn became the order of induction for ...
The 1969 draft lottery replaced the prior age-based system with a randomized drawing of birthdays to determine the order of induction for men born 1944–1950, a change meant to make conscription fairer...
The 1969 draft lottery assigned every birth date a number from 1 to 366 by drawing blue plastic capsules containing calendar dates; lower numbers meant earlier “order of call” for men born 1944–1950 a...
The December 1, 1969 draft lottery assigned sequence numbers to men born between 1944 and 1950 to determine induction order for 1970, a change meant to reduce perceived bias in the pre‑lottery system ...
The 1969 draft lottery used 366 small blue plastic capsules, each containing a slip with one calendar date, which were drawn publicly to assign induction order; the capsules were displayed in a clear ...
The official Selective Service tables that map every birthdate to its 1969 draft lottery number are published by the Selective Service System and reproduced online; the SSS history page hosts the Viet...
Yes — multiple surviving records, contemporary media (film/photos) and government-published tables document the December 1, 1969 draft lottery; the Selective Service retains official pages and newspap...