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Subj: Today in History - Jan 31
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At Westminster in London, Guy Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to
blow up the British Parliament building, jumps to his death moments
before his execution for treason.
On the eve of a general parliamentary session scheduled for November 5,
1605, Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, found Guy Fawkes
lurking in a cellar of the Parliament building. Fawkes was detained and
the premises thoroughly searched. Nearly two tons of gunpowder were
found hidden within the cellar. In his interrogation, Fawkes revealed
that he was a participant in an English Catholic conspiracy organized by
Robert Catesby to annihilate England’s entire Protestant government,
including King James I. The king was to have attended Parliament on
November 5.
Over the next few months, English authorities killed or captured all of
the conspirators in the “Gunpowder Plotö but also arrested, tortured, or
killed dozens of innocent English Catholics. After a brief trial, Guy
Fawkes was sentenced, along with the other surviving chief conspirators,
to be hanged, drawn, and quartered in London. On January 30, 1606, the
gruesome public executions began in London, and on January 31 Fawkes was
called to meet his fate. While climbing to the hanging platform,
however, he jumped from the ladder and broke his neck, dying instantly.
In remembrance of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated
across Great Britain every year on the fifth of November. As dusk falls
in the evening, villagers and city dwellers across Britain light
bonfires, set off fireworks, and burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes,
celebrating his failure to blow up Parliament and James I.
73 de Scott KF5JRV
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