Today in History, June 5

Ivan Abramovich Gannibal was born 279 years ago today, on June 5, 1735. The son of military commander Abram Petrovich Gannibal led a detachment of Russia's Black Sea Fleet during the Russo-Turkish War and became one of the founders of Kherson.

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