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Re:What Are You Doing This Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes - 2007/11/02 02:27
Who was Guy Fawkes?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes
Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), was a member of a group of English Roman Catholics who attempted to carry out the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I of England, to destroy Protestant rule by killing the Protestant aristocracy, on 5 November 1605.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_Night
Bonfire Night can refer to a number of occasions:
Guy Fawkes Night on 5 November in the UK
St. John's Eve, on 23 June in Ireland
Bonfire Night on 11 July in Northern Ireland, precursor to The Twelfth.
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