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Guy Fawkes night (aka fireworks night or bonfire night).
A group of people tried to blow up the Houses of Parliment and the king (James I?) with lots of gunpowder, about 400 years ago on the 5th of November. Guy Fawkes was caught red-handed next to the powder just in time.
So every 5th of Nov. is celebrated by bonfires and (lots of) fireworks. Why they tried to blow it up I'm not quite sure, a Catholic vs Protestant thing I think. Wikipedia's probably got an article on it.
A group of people tried to blow up the Houses of Parliment and the king (James I?) with lots of gunpowder, about 400 years ago on the 5th of November. Guy Fawkes was caught red-handed next to the powder just in time.
So every 5th of Nov. is celebrated by bonfires and (lots of) fireworks. Why they tried to blow it up I'm not quite sure, a Catholic vs Protestant thing I think. Wikipedia's probably got an article on it.
