Fact Mayor on Instagram: "On December 1, 1969, the United States held its first draft lottery since World War II, broadcasting the event live across the nation. Designed to make military conscription for the Vietnam War appear more random and fair, the system assigned draft order numbers by drawing capsules containing birth dates, a process that would directly shape the futures of young men born between 1944 and 1950. Millions of 19-year-olds and their families watched in tense silence as each d