The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_System" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Selective Service System">Selective Service System</a>. Due to the fact that President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harry S Truman">Harry S Truman</a>'s death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed.<sup about="#mwt33" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_28#cite_note-4" id="mw1g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw1w">[4]</span></a></sup> Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted.
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