November 5th, Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in the United Kingdom to commemorate the failure of the bombing in 1605, known as the gunpowder conspiracy, when a faction of Catholics, including Guy Fawkes, tried to destroy the palace of Westminster, seat of the parliament in London.
And all this we know because our friends, and not only british friends, met to celebrate a date so marked, although this time the only fire that was seen was at the barbecue ..