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Leading to Vietnam
Officials of the Selective Service and the U.S. congress post birth dates in chronological order as they are drawn in the first Vietnam-era draft lottery at Selective Service headquarters in
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Leading to Vietnam
The last draft lottery was drawn. -
Leading to Vietnam
The administration stopped the draft, six
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Persian Gulf
Iraq invades Kuwait. -
Persian Gulf
Operation Desert Shield begins. -
Persian Gulf
UN authorizes any force necessary to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Iraqis are given to 15 January to leave Kuwait. -
Persian Gulf
Congress grants President George H.W. Bush the authority to use military force. -
Persian Gulf
Desert Storm begins as coalition ground forces drive on Iraqi forces in Kuwait. -
Persian Gulf
Iraq accepts conditions for a permanent cease fire. -
Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence -
Somalia
Three days after he was jeered in Sarajevo, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali took refuge from angry Somalis in Mogadishu. -
Somalia
Lance Cpl. Anthony D. Botello of Wilburton, Oklahoma, was killed by a sniper in Mogadishu, Somalia. -
Somalia
Seven Nigerian soldiers were killed in a militia ambush in Somalia as they went to the aid of other UN peacekeepers surrounded by a stone-throwing mob. -
Somalia
A convoy of U.S. soldiers opened fire on hundreds of Somali civilians outside a food distribution center, killing at least eight. -
Bosnia
A mortar explodes in a crowded market in Sarajevo, 68 people are killed. -
Somalia
The last U.N. peacekeepers in Somalia were evacuated. -
Bosnia
Serb forces refuse to remove heavy weapons from Sarajevo and as a result NATO launches an aircraft attack on Serb ammunition depot. In retaliation, Serbs begin attacking the Muslim safe zones designated by the UN. -
Bosnia
Serbs sieze Zepa -
Bosnia
NATO airstrike begins against Serbs in and around Sarajevo -
Bosnia
NATO takes over peace-keeping duties from UN -
Somalia
Ethiopian forces exchanged fire with Somali militiamen.