1h 31min, may 28, 1917 y - Selective Service Act passed
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Location: Washington, D.C.Significance: Nearly 10 million men are listed and a lottery chooses first 687,000 to serve. Eventually 3,000,000 men serve as draftees in the war
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1h 31min, may 28, 1917 y
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~ 108 years ago