#OnThisDay, 4 Dec 1978, Dianne Feinstein was formally sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco.
She had been the acting Mayor after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk the week before.
She goes on to win two more terms, and to be elected to the US Senate where she served until her death in 2023.
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