1948-10-21

Scott Smith, who had been Harvey Milk’s lover for many years and was co-owner of Castro Camera with Milk, is born in Key West, Florida.

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1995-02-04

Scott Smith, who had been Harvey Milk’s lover for many years and was co-owner of Castro Camera with Milk, passes away at the age of…

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2009-10-11

Governor Jerry Brown signs SB 572, Mark Leno’s legislation proclaiming May 22nd to be a state holiday in honor of Harvey Milk.

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1929-11-24

George Moscone, an LGBTQ ally who as Mayor of San Francisco was assassinated with Supervisor Harvey Milk, is born in San Francisco.

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1978-10-30

The newly-formed San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus holds their first rehearsal. They make their unplanned debut less than a month later on Nov. 27th at…

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1996-06-25

The San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education votes to rename Douglass School in the Castro to be the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy.

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1998-07-01

A mini-mural of Harvey Milk on the wall of the building where Harvey Milk lived and worked at 575 Castro Street is formally dedicated.

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1978-12-04

One week after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the SF Board of Supervisors names Dianne Feinstein as the new mayor,…

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1978-11-28

The day after Supervisor Harvey Milk’s assassination, the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club that he helped found votes unanimously to rename themselves the Harvey Milk…

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1978-08-28

Jack Lira, who is Harvey Milk’s lover at the time of Milk’s election and inauguration as a San Francisco Supervisor, commits suicide in their shared…

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