postman_666 on June 27th, 2020 at 12:14 UTC »
December seems popular. Is there any statistical / mathematical reason why?
FL4AVE on June 27th, 2020 at 14:05 UTC »
For a non-american redditor with no clue whatsoever what this means...can someone explain what a draft-birthday-lottery is?
USCplaya on June 27th, 2020 at 15:13 UTC »
When I teach students about the Vietnam War I like to get all their birthdays and tell them who would have been drafted and who wouldn't have. It's a fun way to get them to think about the situation and how it would have impacted them
![image showing [OC] Birthdates of US servicemen drafted into the Vietnam War as a result of birthdate lotteries held in 1969, 1970 and 1971](1e90ba34-44d8-5f53-bc63-c79ef3ae751e.jpg)
postman_666 on June 27th, 2020 at 12:14 UTC »
December seems popular. Is there any statistical / mathematical reason why?
FL4AVE on June 27th, 2020 at 14:05 UTC »
For a non-american redditor with no clue whatsoever what this means...can someone explain what a draft-birthday-lottery is?
USCplaya on June 27th, 2020 at 15:13 UTC »
When I teach students about the Vietnam War I like to get all their birthdays and tell them who would have been drafted and who wouldn't have. It's a fun way to get them to think about the situation and how it would have impacted them