Eleven magical minutes that dazzled the world: Spectacular London fireworks display ushers in 2012. 1  250,000 revellers watched the display which included rockets shooting out from Big Ben. 2  The display cost Â£1.9m in total to stage and included 12,000 fireworks costing Â£274,000.
In War and Military History. Mexico lost 51% of their former territory to the United States. It included present day Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and most of Nevada, Utah, and part of Colorado. â¦ It started with the US violating a buffer zone on the border.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought a formal end to the war, and Mexico had to give up land rights. This came to be known as the Mexican Cession. The treaty transferred ownership of present-day California, New Mexico and Arizona and parts of Utah, Nevada and Colorado to the United States. In addition, Mexico relinquished its claim to Texas, and the agreement specified that the Rio Grande River would become the southern boundary of the United States.