Suppose your 365 dates are in A1:A365.
The =INDEX(A1:A365,INT(RAND()*366)) will randomly pick a new date whenever
you press F9. If you are going to copy this down a column to get a list of
dates use =INDEX($A1:$A$365,INT(RAND()*366))

I suppose to be real you need to prevent repetitions of selected dates - see
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/udfs/randint.html
Not sure what the Selective Service Boards did about men born on 29 Feb of a
leap year.
Also INT(RAND()*1001 will generate a random number from 1 to 1001
best wishes (and I hope we need to use you worksheet!)
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I'm a history teacher, and I wanted to conduct a 'mock' military draft for
my
students to show how the draft process would work.

Effectively, the process requires someone to pick a date and a number
randomly out of two separate barrels. (Say January 5 and 137). That
would
mean that everyone with a January 5 birthday would be called up in the
137th
group.

I have an excel sheet set up with the months and days, but I need to
figure
how to assign the numbers (1 - 365) to each of those dates 'randomly'.

Thanks for your help.