Guy Fawkes Night
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Conservative candidate Elizabeth Truss avoids deselection...Roy Brame. Cameron had staked his authority on Truss being selected, intervening to personally appeal to rebels to endorse her in a Guy Fawkes night telephone call to Bagge. Truss said: "It has been at times challenging. At times very... In this article: Conservative Party, Localism, and Guy Fawkes Night |
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | November 15, 2009
A bounty of ideas for the Thanksgiving table
...1520 Washington Avenue, featured several retailers from across the area, ranging from a chocolatier to a fabrics designer. "November 5th is Guy Fawkes night in London," said Alan Richardson, owner of English Living. "That's England's sort...
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | November 11, 2009
The mother of all adventures: Thailand on two wheels
...bigger Harley-style bikes tend to be mounted by middle-aged sleazy riders wearing sleeveless vests and looking for love. As tonight is Guy Fawkes night, we go shopping for fireworks. By mid afternoon I am defying the most basic of health...
In this article: Thailand, Dog, Crocodile, Rash, Head injury, Sunburn, Ayatollah Khomeini, IPod, and Kathmandu
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Bleacher Report | November 08, 2009
The 10 Dirtiest Plays in Sports
...seven days in the week; John Elway and Mickey Mantle both wore the number seven. Seven is a good number November features Thanksgiving, Guy Fawkes Day and Veteran's Day... One through five of the guys I can't stand missing if they're on...
In this article: Rash, Guy Fawkes Day, John Elway, World Series, Mickey Mantle, Ty Cobb, Alex Rodriguez, and Yankees
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Times Online | November 08, 2009
Philharmonia/Pletnev at the Festival Hall, London SE1
Navigation - link to other main sections from here It was Guy Fawkes night; but it was also the eve of the anniversary of the October Revolution, and Mikhail Pletnev and the Philharmonia found pyrotechnics aplenty in Shostakovich's...
In this article: Mikhail Pletnev, Nikolai Lugansky, London, and Philharmonia
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washingtonpost.com | November 06, 2009
Washington Sketch: Milbank on Michele Bachman, More
Washington, DC : Thanks for your column today - did it occur to Michele Bachmann that "storming the Capitol" on Nov. 5 (Guy Fawkes Day) might not have been great timing, or am I just too much of a history-dweeb-smartypants? Dana...
In this article: Dana Milbank, John Boehner, Michele Bachmann, Washington, Barack Obama, God, Eric Cantor, and Virginia Foxx
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The Red and Black | November 04, 2009
Stand up, fight for equality on this day
Today, the fifth of November, has little significance here in the United States but over in England, it's regarded as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night. The British will commemorate the Gunpowder Plot organized by a group of Catholics for...
In this article: V for Vendetta, Wag the Dog, War on Terrorism, Hollywood, and White House
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Metro | November 04, 2009
Massive effigy of Katie Price to be burned on Guy Fawkes Night
...Guy to be blown up A massive 27-ft tall effigy of Katie Price, complete with a generous cleavage, will go up in flames to celebrate Guy Fawkes. Jordan is the inspiration for the celebrity guy which will be burnt at the stake in front of...
In this article: Jordan, Peter Andre, James Hewitt, Diana, Princess of Wales, Andrew Sachs, and Russell Brand
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Stuff | November 02, 2009
Rain, gales ahead of Guy Fawkes night
People hoping to let off fireworks in the days leading up to Guy Fawkes night may be foiled by the weather, with gale-force winds and rain over parts of New Zealand. MetService forecasters are predicting a cold front moving across the...
In this article: Potato, North Island, South Island, Dog, The Dominion Post, and Guy Fawkes
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scotsman.com - Business | October 31, 2009
Expect fireworks as the Monetary Policy Committee meets on Guy Fawkes Day
...0.4 per cent. This has set up the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee with a true fireworks of a meeting this Thursday a Guy Fawkes Day. Interest rates will almost certainly remain at their ultra-low level of 0.5 per cent. The...
In this article: Inflation, Guy Fawkes Day, Recession, Bank of England, UK, and Alistair Darling
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The Australian | October 26, 2009
Spectacular Sky Show for Guy Fawkes Night
Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 12:43 pm The sky over Wellington will light up this Guy Fawkes night with the Pelorus Trust Sky Show - which promises to be even bigger, better and brighter. This year's Sky Show has been expanded from 15 to...
In this article: Mt Victoria, Dog, Ray Winstone, Auckland, and South Island
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Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5 November 1605 in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
It is primarily marked in the United Kingdom where it was compulsory, by Royal Decree, to celebrate the deliverance of the King until 1859, but also in former British colonies including New Zealand, parts of Canada, and parts of the British Caribbean. Bonfire Night was also common in Australia until the 1980s, but it was held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June some states (e.g., New South Wales) and 5 November in others (e.g., Victoria). Festivities are centred on the use of fireworks and the lighting of bonfires.
- Name:
- Guy Fawkes Night
- Also Known As:
- Bonfire Night
- Cracker Night
- Fireworks Night
- Type:
- Cultural, Remembrance
- Observances:
- Bonfires, fireworks, etc.
- Significance:
- Foiling of a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I, in London in 1605
- Observed By:
- United Kingdom and some of its former colonies
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