Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays.

Guy Fawkes' infamous Gunpowder Plot, German war planning, the Suez Crisis and other important events, facts, birthdays and deaths from November 5.

Historical events for the 5th of November. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on November 5.

Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris; he became the first convicted felon to be elected to the office and the second president to win a second nonconsecutive term. Learn about five great political comebacks. India launched its first interplanetary spacecraft, the Mars Orbiter Mission, which was unmanned.

On November 5, 2009, 13 people are killed and more than 30 others are wounded, nearly all of them unarmed soldiers, when a U.S. Army officer goes on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in central...

November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 56 days remain until the end of the year. 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.

On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes and a group of radical English Catholics tried to assassinate King James I by blowing up Parliament's House of Lords. The plot went awry and all of the...

November 5th is the 309th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day Google unveiled its Android mobile operating system; the Vienna State Opera reopened after being destroyed in World War II, and George B. Seldon was granted the first U.S. patent for the automobile.

Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated every November 5th in Britain to celebrate his failure to blow up all the members of Parliament and King James I. 1844 - In California, a grizzly bear underwent a successful cataract operation at the Zoological Garden.

Memorable Events for November 5. 1639 - The first post office is set up in the Massachusetts colonies. 1773 - John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting and says anyone who supports the Tea Act is an "Enemy to America." 1780 - French-American forces are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.