The Moscone–Milk assassinations were the killings Killing of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk , who were shot Use_firearm and killed Killing in San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White on November 27 , 1978 .

White was angry that Moscone had refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to reappoint him to his seat on the Board of Supervisors , from which he had just resigned Departing , and that Milk had lobbied Convincing heavily against his reappointment .