On Jan. 31, in 1606,Guy Fawkes jumps to his death moments before his execution for his role in the “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the British Parliament building and King James I. The conspirators, whose ...
In the mighty calendar of bad ideas, the date of Nov. 5 stands as a testament to the powers of human folly. It is a date which represents the highest levels of religious and political idiocy, and ...
On this day, January 31, in 1606, at Westminster in London, Guy Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parliament building, jumped to his death moments before his execution for ...