Editing 1969 (section)

===June===
{{Main|June 1969}}
* [[June 3]] – While operating at sea on SEATO maneuvers, the Australian aircraft carrier [[HMAS Melbourne (R21)|HMAS ''Melbourne'']] accidentally [[Melbourne–Evans collision|rams and slices]] into the American destroyer [[USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)|USS ''Frank E. Evans'']] in the South China Sea, killing 74 American seamen.
* [[June 5]] – An [[1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties|international communist conference]] begins in [[Moscow]].
* [[June 8]]
** [[Francisco Franco]] orders the closing of the [[Gibraltar–Spain border]] and communications between [[Gibraltar]] and Spain in response to the [[1967]] [[1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum|Gibraltar sovereignty referendum]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19690609&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Spanish close off 'Rock'"], ''Montreal Gazette'', June 9, 1969, p1</ref> The border remains closed until a partial reopening on December 15, [[1982]].
** U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] meet at [[Midway Atoll|Midway Island]]. Nixon announces that 25,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn by September.
* [[June 15]] – [[Georges Pompidou]] is elected President of France.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19690616&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Pompidou Elected French President By Large Margin"], ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', June 16, 1969, p1</ref>
* [[June 17]] – After a 23-game match, [[Boris Spassky]] defeats [[Tigran Petrosian]] to become the World Chess Champion in Moscow.
* [[June 24]] – The [[United Kingdom]] and [[Rhodesia]] sever diplomatic relations, after the [[1969 Rhodesian constitutional referendum|Rhodesian constitutional referendum]].
* [[June 27]] – Gay intercourse is officially legalized in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-1969-amendment-and-the-de-criminalization-of-homosexuality |title=The 1969 Amendment and the (De)criminalization of Homosexuality &#124; the Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] – The [[Stonewall riots]], a milestone in the modern [[gay rights movement]] in the United States, began in [[New York City]].