The White Night Riots, beginning on May 21, 1979, were the San Francisco, California, gay community's response to the minimal sentence given to former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White for killing George Moscone, then Mayor of San Francisco and Harvey Milk, the openly gay supervisor of said city, in November 1978. May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay Motto: Official website: http://www. ... In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ... Dan White Dan White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was the former city supervisor of San Francisco who assassinated Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone on November 27, 1978 at City Hall. ... Mayor Moscone George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was the mayor of San Francisco, California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978. ... Harvey Milk Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) an American politician and gay rights activist, was the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco, California. ... Link title 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
In jurisprudence, a Twinkie defense is a criminal defendants claim that some unusual factor entered into the causes or motives of the alleged crime. ...
The same issue of the San Francisco Chronicle reporting White's light sentence included a report that Berkeley Professor Angela Davis received 20 years prison for storing rifles in her garage.
The second of the riots was a police riot.
Later that night, after order was restored downtown, a number of SFPD cars headed into the Castro District.
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