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Harvey Milk is born to William Milk and Minerva Karns
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Milk graduates from Bay Shore High School
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Milk serves on Submarine rescue ship
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Milk runs for a position on the Board of Superivisors
Comes in 10th out of 32 candidates -
Milk opens Camera store on Castro Street
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Milk runs for Supervisor for the second time
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Milk runs for Supervisor and wins
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John Briggs creates Proposition six
This proposition would make it mandatory to fire all homosexual teachers and employees in the field of education. -
Proposition Six is turned down, losing by more than a million votes
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Dan White assasinates Harvey Milk and Mayer Moscone
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Dan White is given a five year sentence for voluntary manslaughter
His attorneys argued that an imbalance of chemicals caused by fast food intake impaired his judgment. The defense was called "the twinkie defense" -
Milk, a movie based on Harvey Milk's life, is released