On This Day for February 5 - Punic Wars ended, Hank Aaron is featured, and more

Created: 2020-02-05 11:03 Updated: 2020-02-05 11:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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February 05

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

1934

Hank Aaron

The western Mediterranean during the Punic Wars.

FEATURED EVENT

146 bce

Punic Wars ended

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