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Movie events on the 5th November

1605

Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (London) (V for Vendetta)

Gunpower Plot is foiled. (London, Eng.) (V for Vendetta)

1916

Dorian Gray visits his former sweetheart's grave, and is shot at by her brother. (Dorian Gray)

1937

High schooler Richard Samuels ditches school and hops a bus for New York City. There he impresses Orson Welles into casting him in the role of Lucius, Brutus' page, in his landmark modern-dress production of "Julius Caesar". (New York City, New York) (Me & Orson Welles)

1946

Bucky "Mr Ice" Bleichert takes on his future partner, Lee "Mr Fire" Blanchard in a charity boxing match; Bleichert takes a dive in the 8th round. (Los Angeles, Ca) (The Black Dahlia)

1955

Marty McFly arrives in Hill Valley, from 1985; Doc Brown invents the flux capacitor when he slips off his toilet. (Back to the Future)

1965

"Maverick" Mitchell's father is shot down while flying a Navy F4 Phantom. (Top Gun)

1968

Richard Nixon elected U.S. President. (Nixon)

1973

Donald Segretti is sentenced to six months in prison. (All the President's Men)

1981

Caroline Feller commits suicide by driving into a tree, leaving two daughters - Rose and Maggie - in the care of her husband. (In Her Shoes)

1995

Bridget Jones falls down a fireman's pole onto a camera. (Lewisham, London) (Bridget Jones's Diary)

1998

After Zoe joins Eric, Linus, Hutch and Windows on their trip to Skywalker Ranch, Eric and Linus meet their contact while Hutch and Windows fall in with a pair of escorts and their pimp. (Las Vegas, Nevada) (Fanboys)

2006

Vince wins a gold star when he finds a lost boy in the store by wrestling him to the groun. (Super Club superstore) (Employee of the Month)

2008

The media finds out that Bud Johnson has to vote in order to break a tie. (Texico, New Mexico) (Swing Vote)

2014

The Old Bailey is blown up by V. (V for Vendetta)

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