3rd » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne R21 6 cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans DD-754 6 in half.
5th » The 1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties or International communist conference begins in Moscow.
13th » List of Governors of Texas known as Governor of Texas Preston Smith (governor) known as Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the Un
22nd » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
23rd » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States known as United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
23rd » Software Industry IBM announced that effective January 1970 it would price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
28th » Stonewall Riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.