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101st Airborne Division. Battles/wars. Vietnam War. Daniel James White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was an American politician who assassinated George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, inside City Hall on November 27, 1978.
Oct 22, 1985 · Dan White, the man convicted of shooting to death Mayor George Moscone of San Francisco and fellow Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978, committed suicide today, the police said.
The Moscone–Milk assassinations and the trial of Dan White were lampooned by the Dead Kennedys with their re-written version of "I Fought the Law" which appeared in their 1987 compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.
Nov 26, 2018 · The troubled man who murdered Harvey Milk and George Moscone killed them over a petty grievance, not anti-gay bigotry. Forty years ago—November 27, 1978—Dan White assassinated San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk.
November 27, 1978. After a sleepless night, Dan White enters City Hall through a lower story window and heads upstairs to the office of Mayor George Moscone. White shoots and kills Moscone, then heads for Milk's office, where he kills him. Milk dies at 10:55 A.M. White surrenders to police.
Dan White wanted his job back. Days after resigning his position as one of San Francisco's eleven supervisors, he had second thoughts, and asked Mayor George Moscone to reappoint him. When he learned the Mayor would not honor his request, White went to City Hall and gunned down both the mayor and San Francisco's first gay supervisor, Harvey Milk.
May 21, 2022 · SF's 'White Night': How the conviction of Dan White for the murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone led to violence. By Katie Dowd, Managing editor May 21, 2022. Broken glass door at the ...
Jun 5, 2023 · Dan White, who assassinated Harvey Milk, the first LGBTQ person elected San Francisco city supervisor, was convicted of manslaughter and not murder. People took to the streets to protest.
Nov 13, 2009 · Former Board of Supervisors member Dan White murders Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall in San Francisco, California on November 27, 1978.
Feb 14, 2023 · White used a controversial diminished-capacity defense — claiming his addiction to junk food affected his judgment — and he was convicted of manslaughter. He killed himself in 1985.
