Guy Fawkes, for the uninitiated, was an English Catholic who attempted to assassinate King James I by blowing up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. This “Gunpowder Plot” is commemorated in the ...

Just days after the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, the iconic mask of Guy Fawkes appeared – again – in two videos released in French by the hacktivist techno-social collective ...

Guy Fawkes masks, immortalized in the movie "V for Vendetta", have become a global symbol of protest and anonymity through the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Arab Spring. "The Guy Fawkes mask ...

Guy Fawkes masks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig ... In the 1980s graphic novel series “V for Vendetta” — and the 2005 movie version — the Guy mask is used to symbolize the anti-government sentiment ...

In the 2005 film "V for Vendetta," Hugo Weaving's character wears a Guy Fawkes mask. (Video still) Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot.

Guy Fawkes Night and the mask's history go all the way back to 1605 and the Gunpowder Plot, ... In the series and movie, a vigilante wearing a Fawkes mask battles a right-wing, ...

Today we celebrate November 5 as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night by lighting bonfires, setting off fireworks and carrying “Guys” through the streets wearing the ever-so-famous Guy Fawkes mask. The ...

Students react to face mask ban. Fawkes was in charge of setting off the gunpowder in an underground cellar beneath Parliament. But authorities were tipped off about the plan, and went to search ...

Following the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, Parliament decreed November 5 a day of thanksgiving, which came to be known as Guy Fawkes Night. In the 1600s, Fawkes became a stand-in for the Catholic ...

A protester with the "Occupy Seattle" movement wears a Guy Fawkes mask and takes a photo with a mobile phone as he demonstrates, in downtown Seattle, Oct. 15, 2011.

Guy Fawkes masks, immortalized in the movie "V for Vendetta," have become a global symbol of protest and anonymity through the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Arab Spring.