Video: 'CBS News Lottery Draft -1969' (live coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. EST)

(Monday, December 1, 1969, shortly after 8:00-9:30 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The future of young men across the country was decided tonight as, one by one, the dates of their birth were drawn in the first draft lottery in a generation at the Selective Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The first date drawn was Sept. 14.

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The random drawing was made from 366 plastic capsules, each one containing a piece of paper with one of the dates of the year.

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The remaining nine days picked were April 24, December 30, February 14, October 18, September 6, October 26, September 7, November 22 and December 6, while the 366th and last selection was June 8.