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December 1, 1969: Congressman Pirnie drawing the first number. The first draft lottery in the United States since 1942 (and the first in peacetime) was held, and September 14 was the first of the 366 days of the year selected, with Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York making the first selection. [1]
December 1 – Chicago: Blues musician Magic Sam dies at the age of 32 of a heart attack. December 1 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II (on January 4, 1970, The New York Times will run a long article, "Statisticians Charge Draft Lottery Was Not Random").
December 13 – State Department spokesman Elliot L. Richardson during a press conference confirms the US will give 1.2 million USD to Latin America even if Congress makes cuts to foreign aid. [179] December 14 – The White House announces President Nixon will make a national report on Vietnam the following day on television and radio. [180]
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1969 was a common year ... March 31 – The Barroterán coal mine disaster kills 153 coal miners in Mexico. ... This page was last edited on 17 December 2024, at 07: ...
December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
The Flint War Council was a series of meetings of the Weather Underground Organization and associates in Flint, Michigan, that took place 27–31 December 1969. [78] During these meetings, the decisions were made for the Weather Underground Organization to go underground [34] and to "engage in guerilla warfare against the U.S. government."
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... December 31, 1969: Season: 1969: ... The 1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football bowl game that ...