American abortionist and serial killer

Kermit Gosnell

Kermit Barron Gosnell was an American serial killer and abortion doctor. At his clinic in West Philadelphia, Gosnell provided illegal late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide after many live births, and ran a prescription pill mill which eventually attracted federal attention. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using drugs to induce labor, the manslaughter of one woman who died of an anesthetic overdose during an abortion procedure, and of several other abortion- and drug-related crimes. Staff at Gosnell's clinic testified that there were hundreds of infants born alive during abortion procedures and subsequently killed either by Gosnell himself or on Gosnell's orders by staff.

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1941

February 9

Died

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1940s

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1941 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

474 Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
1003 Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
1098 A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch.
1539 The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.

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The world in 1941

When Kermit arrived

april 1 Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
april 1 A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
april 10 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
april 13 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Arthur Edward Moore 1876–1963 New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963) Bill Bergey 1945–2024 American football player (born 1945) Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Ciarán Hinds 1953– Irish actor Daisuke Sekimoto 1981– Japanese wrestler Jalen Green 2002– American basketball player John Walker Lindh 1981– American Taliban member Keʻelikōlani 1826– Hawaiian royal and governor (died 1883) Larry Semon 1889–1928 American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 1928)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Ann-Margret 1941– Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer Arun Shourie 1941– Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications Bill Freehan 1941– American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021) Bill Parcells 1941– American football player and coach Chet Jastremski 1941– American swimmer and physician (died 2014) Dave Costa 1941– American football player (died 2013) Dave Dryden 1941– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) David Crosby 1941–2023 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Dean Chance 1941–2015 American baseball player and manager (died 2015)

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