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has gloss | eng: The Moscone–Milk assassinations were the killings of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk, who were shot and killed in San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978. White was angry that Moscone had refused to re-appoint him to his seat on the Board of Supervisors, which White had just resigned, and that Milk had lobbied heavily against his re-appointment. Milk is widely considered to be the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office, leading some to consider his murder a hate crime. These events helped bring national notice to then-Board President Dianne Feinstein, who became mayor of San Francisco and eventually U.S. Senator for California. |
lexicalization | eng: Moscone-Milk Assassinations |
lexicalization | eng: Moscone–Milk assassinations |
instance of | (noun) murder of a public figure by surprise attack assassination |
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media:img | Cover of San Francisco Examiner November 28 1978.jpg |
media:img | GeorgeMoscone.jpg |
media:img | Harvey Milk in 1978 at Mayor Moscone's Desk crop.jpg |
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