This day in history November 5, 2019-Guy Fawkes
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Started by metmike - Nov. 5, 2019, midnight

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5



1940   – Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

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By metmike - Nov. 5, 2019, 12:07 a.m.
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This is one event/anniversary that our previous moderator celebrated dozens of times!


1605Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.


                        ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:         NOVEMBER 5                    

                                                    

                      

FEATURED EVENT

                                            

                                                                       Fawkes, Guy; Gunpowder Plot    

                        

                                1605                                                    

Gunpowder Plot

                            

Celebrated with fireworks as Guy Fawkes Day, this English holiday marks the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when Roman Catholics led by Robert Catesby tried to blow up Parliament, the king, and his family this day in 1605.

By metmike - Nov. 5, 2019, 12:09 a.m.
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Gunpowder Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot


The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries  often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.