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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.
Nov 26, 2018 · Dan White, a former San Francisco supervisor, assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978 over a personal grudge, not anti-gay bigotry. He was a Democrat, a gun-control supporter, and a friend of Milk's until he felt betrayed by him.
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.
Oct 23, 1985 · Friends and acquaintances interviewed Tuesday in the aftermath of White’s suicide said he was haunted less by guilt over the killings he committed than by fear of retaliation for them. The last...
Mar 22, 2023 · However, the film omits a crucial detail about Dan White. Ray Sloan, White's chief political adviser and campaign manager was (and is) a gay man.
The Trial of Dan White: The Diminished Capacity ("Twinkie") Defense. From Judge Walter Calcagno's Instructions to the Jury: If you find from the evidence that at the time the alleged crime was committed, the defendant had substantially reduced mental capacity, whether caused by mental illness, mental defect, intoxication, or any other cause ...
