sometimes even including gals), stems from Guy Fawkes, of English Gunpowder Plot (Nov. 5, 1605) fame: 1. Guy Fawkes produced Guy Fawkes Day, which featured burning effigies of him, called “guys.” ...

It's Guy Fawkes Day! On this day, the UK celebrates the foiling of a plot to kill King James I in 1605 by lighting fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an effigy of poor Guy. It's easy to ...

On 5 November every year, the effigy of Guy Fawkes is still burned on bonfires across England in recognition of his part in the failed 'Gunpowder Plot' of 1605. Fawkes didn't devise or lead the ...

Guy Fawkes-inspired mask is protest symbol even 400 years after his death. — -- Remember, remember the Fifth of November. Even 400 years after his death, British folk hero Guy Fawkes has ...

The name's Guy Fawkes, friends call me Guido. I've been put here, in the Tower of London, because I may have been a little bit… naughty. You see, for a while now, Catholics like me have been ...

One goes: Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent To blow up the King and the Parliament Three score barrels of powder below Poor old England to overthrow By God's providence he was catch'd With ...

An effigy of Guy Fawkes has traditionally been burned on British bonfires every November for more than 400 years. Nowadays, he is just as much associated with modern day protests and rebellion as ...

Guy Fawkes can be a confusing figure for Americans. Perhaps best known on this side of the pond since V for Vendetta and Anonymous co-opted his mask, in England he's a notorious traitor who was ...

THE FIFTH of November is known across the world as Guy Fawkes Night. The primarily English holiday commemorates the historical moment a member of the Gunpowder Plot was arrested for guarding ...

After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators received one of the most severe judicial sentences in English history: hanging, drawing and quartering.

but its origin is widely believed to come from Guy Fawkes, the mastermind behind the failed Gunpowder Plot. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Does the word "guy" come from the historical figure Guy Fawkes?

The story of Bonfire Night – aka Guy Fawkes Night – is well known in the UK. The plan – or Gunpowder Plot – was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament on ...