Kyle Sooley-Brookings
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night
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Guy Fawkes Night s an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in the United Kingdom.
Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605 when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords.
Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London; and months later, the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.