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 border between the US and Mexico was fixed as the Rio Grande River, and the US took undisputed control of Texas. The US also gained the present day states of Utah, Nevada, and California. Parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming which had been part of Mexico became American territory. The acquisition of so much territory outraged critics of the war.