Bonfire Night/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Bonfire Night.

A national celebration held every 5th November in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries to mark a failed attempt in 1605 by several Catholic conspirators, notably Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate James I.

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