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 plot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Who was Guy Fawkes illustrated by cartoon gun powder barrels and two men. Every year people wonder who was Guy Fawkes and how did ...

All over the U.K. tonight, people are celebrating Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night. Typically, hoards of Londoners take to the street to celebrate, though officials hope a lockdown due to ...

This British nursery song, known in American pop culture from Alan Moore’s “V for Vendetta” graphic novel and film adaptation, references a real part of history – and an attempt to kill a king. It has ...

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 he ...

Just days after the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, the iconic mask of Guy Fawkes appeared – again – in two videos released in French by the hacktivist techno-social collective Anonymous. This ...

Want to know what November 5 was made famous for? We’re here for you. 1. Guy Fawkes joined a group of English Catholics and attempted to plant gunpowder in the cellar of the Palace of Westminister in ...

Guy Fawkes masks, immortalized in the movie "V for Vendetta," have become a global symbol of protest and anonymity through the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Arab Spring. Right now people are ...

When we asked whether the Occupy movement has "crashed or just begun," "Rock Trimlove" took issue with our image of a protester in the Guy Fawkes mask, pointing out that the mask was worn by hacker ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: April 13th, 1570, 444 years ago . . . the generally accepted birth date of the English conspirator Guy Fawkes. Fawkes served for a time in the army of ...