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Fawkes was one of 13 conspirators, but he is the individual most associated with the plot. [61] In Britain, 5 November has variously been called Guy Fawkes Night, Guy Fawkes Day, Plot Night, [62] and Bonfire Night (which can be traced directly back to the original celebration of 5 November 1605). [63]
Guy Fawkes For involvement in Gunpowder Plot , but he managed to cheat the executioner by jumping from the scaffold while his head was in the noose, breaking his neck. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] His lifeless body was nevertheless drawn and quartered, [ 30 ] [ 31 ] and his body parts distributed to "the four corners of the kingdom".
An effigy of Fawkes, burnt on 5 November 2010 at Billericay. Guy Fawkes Night originates from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics to assassinate the Protestant King James I of England and VI of Scotland and replace him with a Catholic head of state.
List of people executed in the United States in 2000; List of people executed in the United States in 2001; List of people executed in the United States in 2002
On July 17, 2015, an Anon in a Guy Fawkes mask was shot and killed by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer. As a result, Anonymous websites and YouTube channels vowed revenge, initiating Operation Anon Down. The RCMP website was reported down nationwide on July 19. [190] [191]
The following is a list of programs [1] [2] broadcast on MeTV, a classic television network carried on digital subchannels of over-the-air broadcast stations, live streaming, satellite TV, and cable TV in the United States. This list does not include runs on MeTV's local stations in Chicago and Milwaukee before December 2010.
The Book of Guy Fawkes Day, And its Bonfire Night,Volume VIII. Guy Fawkes in America from Pope Night to Pork Day. Hutman Productions. ISBN 978-0-9854486-9-1. "George Washington Expresses Surprise". The Bostonian Society. 2010. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011; Cogliano, Francis D. (1993).
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic executed for a 1605 attempt to destroy the House of Lords. [71] In V for Vendetta , a rebel against a near-future fascist regime uses the mask in his public appearances and distributes many of its copies to the population to enable mass protests. [ 71 ]