Guy Who?

It's Guy Fawkes Day (or Bonfire Day) in NZ. Not quite so spectacular as July 4, but what is?
Who is (was) he? Why are we celebrating? Who knows??!

http://www.novareinna.com/festive/guy.html

http://www.irish-cream.com/guyfawkes.html

At any rate, people go out and buy boxes of fireworks at the local discount store and set them off in their gardens. Our favorite daughter and her family treated us to a lamb BBQ and a pyrotechnic display out above our beach. A few strays sent us scrambling to the safety of the house, and the WCG insisted that was "enough fireworks" although he was delighted to stay up waaaaay past his bedtime.