American physician (born 1941)

George Tiller

George Richard Tiller was an American physician and abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas. He gained national attention as the medical director of Women's Health Care Services, which, at the time, was one of only three abortion clinics nationwide that provided late-term abortions.

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455 Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
1215 Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
1223 Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
1293 Mongols depart Java after the failed Mongol invasion against King Kertanegara of Singhasari.

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april 10 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
april 12 Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
april 13 A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland.
april 3 Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.

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