On November 27, 1978, after a deranged San Francisco city supervisor shot and killed the mayor and another city supervisor, it fell to Dianne Feinstein to inform the public of the horrible news.

“As president of the Board of Supervisors,” she said, voice trembling, “it is my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed.”

Dramatic footage of the event can be seen in a documentary film, The Life and Times of Harvey Milk.

“Jesus Christ!” a man shouts. A woman’s cry can be heard.

“The suspect,” said Feinstein, “is Supervisor Dan White.”