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.
A: As a result of the Mexican-American War, the United States acquired land in the Southwest known as the Mexican Cession. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on Feb. 2, 1848, ended the conflict and resulted in Mexico ceding over 500,000 square miles of territory.