Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.

The November 5 holiday marks the 1605 arrest of Guy Fawkes, one of a crew of Catholic dissidents whose Gunpowder Plot intended to blow up the parliament and assassinate King James I.

As the hacking group Anonymous vows to "destroy" Facebook because of its privacy policy on Nov. 5, observed as Guy Fawkes Day in Britain, TIME looks back at the historical man and the legacy he left ...

Back in 1605, Guy Fawkes and a group of fellow English Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament—the Gunpowder Plot. They were caught on the fifth of November, and ever since then ...

On this day 410 years ago, Guy Fawkes and several accomplices attempted to blow up the House of Lords and assassinate King James I of England and VI of Scotland. The plot is memorialized in a ...

Candidate’s Pleased to Remember This Fifth of November On Monday, a group of Ron Paul supporters helped raise more than $4.07 million in one day with a fund-raising gimmick based on Guy Fawkes.

On Guy Fawkes day, the 5th November 2024, Donald Trump has succeeded in blowing up the liberal elite. This is an exciting day not just for the US or the UK but for the world.

Most people here in the U.S. have no reason to remember November 5, except this year because it is Election Day. In the U.K., however, it is Guy Fawkes Day — a day every year of bonfires and fireworks ...

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