Fireworks Night - also known as Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes Night.
Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James 1 had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.
Now a social occasion celebrated in the UK on 5th November each year with parties held in private and public displays in towns and villages throughout the land.