1605 Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.
1937 Adolf Hitler informs his military leaders in a secret meeting of his intentions of going to war.
1941 Japanese naval staff officiers Suzuki and Maejima leave Pearl Harbor.
1956 Britain and France land airborne forces at Port Said in Egypt, escalating the Suez Crisis.
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