Martinus (died c. 641) was caesar of the Byzantine Empire from some
point between 638 and 640, to 641. He was the fifth son of Emperor
Heraclius and his second wife (and niece) Empress Martina. Heraclius
elevated Martinus to caesar, a junior imperial title that placed
Martinus on the line of succession. Heraclius died on 11 February 641,
leaving the throne jointly to Martinus's half-brother Constantine III
and his elder full brother Heraclonas. Constantine III soon died of
tuberculosis, though some of his partisans alleged that Martina poisoned
him. One such partisan, Valentinus, led troops to Chalcedon, across the
Bosporus Strait from the capital, Constantinople, to force Martina to
install Constans, Constantine III's son, as co-emperor. Valentinus
seized Constantinople, forced Constans II's enthronement in September
or October 641, and deposed Martina, Heraclonas, and Martinus.
Mutilated and exiled to Rhodes, Martinus died soon after, possibly
during or immediately after the surgery.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinus_%28son_of_Heraclius%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1968:
U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot by Palestinian
immigrant Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy>
1976:
The Teton Dam in eastern Idaho, U.S., collapsed as its
reservoir was being filled for the first time, resulting in the deaths
of eleven people and 13,000 cattle, and causing up to $2 billion in
damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teton_Dam>
2004:
Noël Mamère, mayor of the Bordeaux suburb of Bègles,
conducted a marriage ceremony for two men, even though same-sex marriage
in France had not yet been legalised.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_France>
2009:
After almost two months of civil disobedience, at least 31
people were killed in clashes between the National Police and indigenous
people in Peru's Bagua Province.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Peruvian_political_crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
understory:
1. (architecture, dated, also figuratively) A story of a building below
the stories generally used for residence or work.
2. (ecology, also attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the
shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/understory>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are
mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on,
which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and
interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and
unhelpful symbols.
--The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_General_Theory_of_Employment,_Interest_and_Money>
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