GuyFawkes Day

GuyFawkes Day
Guy Fawkes Day (gīʹ fôksʹ) n.
November 5, observed in England to commemorate the foiling of the attempt led by Guy Fawkes in 1605 to blow up the king and members of Parliament in retaliation for increasing repression of Roman Catholics in England.

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