Does anybody know the historical military significance of today?

[Walt Starr]

Just posting to see if anybody else remembers what important military event occurred for the first time since WWII on December 1, 1969?

[trotsky]

1. The draft?

n/t

[Walt Starr]

3. First draft lottery since the end of WWII

If anybody is interested in the lottery numbers drawn on this day 34 years ago today, go to this link:

http://www.landscaper.net/draft.htm#How's%20your%20"Luck%20of%20the%20Draw"?

[trotsky]

5. Scary shit.

A big thank you to all the brave men & women who served in combat. I can't imagine the chill of seeing your birthday high up on that list.

[Coldgothicwoman]

2. Start of the Draft, IIRC? <n/t>

[Lars39]

4. Article about the drawing...

http://www.sss.gov/lotter1.htm

A lottery drawing - the first since 1942 - was held on December 1, 1969, at Selective Service National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. This event determined the order of call for induction during calendar year 1970, that is, for registrants born between January 1, 1944, and December 31, 1950. Reinstitution of the lottery was a change from the "draft the oldest man first" method, which had been the determining method for deciding order of call.

There were 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth dates placed in a large glass container and drawn by hand to assign order-of-call numbers to all men within the 18-26 age range specified in Selective Service law.
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