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Milk, Harvey

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Personal name headingMilk, Harvey
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1930-05-22
Death date1978-11-27
Place of birthWoodmere (N.Y.)
Place of deathSan Francisco (Calif.)
AffiliationSan Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
Profession or occupationPoliticians
City council members
Found inShilts, R. The mayor of Castro Street, 1982: t.p. (Harvey Milk)
Weiss, M. Double play, c1984: CIP t.p. (Harvey Milk) CIP galley (d. 1978)
Krakow, K. The Harvey Milk story, c2001: p. 4 (Harvey Bernard Milk; b. May 22, 1930)
Wikipedia, December 5, 2011 (Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930-November 27, 1978) was an American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Politics and gay activism were not his early interests; he was not open about his homosexuality and did not participate in civic matters until around the age of 40, after his experiences in the counterculture of the 1960s; Born: May 22, 1930, Woodmere, New York; Died: November 27, 1978 (aged 48) (assassinated); San Francisco, California)