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05/19 Open Thread - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo [1]
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Date: 2025-05-19
The US war on Mexico essentially ended in September 1847 with the fall of Mecico City, the loss of the Mexican Army, and the start of peace negotiations. It did not Officially end until February 2, 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed. Said treaty was ratified by the US on March 10, 1848, and by Mexico on May 19, 1848.The result of the treaty was that Mexico ceded 55% of its territory to the US and the US paid Mexico $15 million. The territorial effect was that Mexico gave up California, Nevada, Utah, most of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, a small part of Wyoming and all of its claims to an expanded Texas. It, of course, was not worded at all like that. What is did was establish a boundary between the US and Mexico that included the disputed "no-mans land" in Texas as US, and everything above that line was US. Later on, the US bought a 29,640-square-mile chunk of mostly southern Az for another $10 million in order to facilitate a railroad line. That was known as the Gadsden purchase and included, among other things, modern day Sierra Vista, Tucson and Yuma. I don't know what kids in the rest of the country learned, but the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was part of the grade school curriculum in SoCal back when I was a kid.
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On this day in history:
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1051 – Henry I of France married the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. (Anna Yaroslavna of the Rus)
1643 – French forces decisively beat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, the end of Spain as a land power.
1743 – Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
1780 – An unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
1828 – John Quincy Adams signed the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
1848 – Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
1911 – Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk landed, starting the Turkish War of Independence.
1921 – The US passed the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
1945 – Syrian demonstrators in Damascus were fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis
1950 – A barge containing munitions destined for export exploded in the South Amboy, New Jersey, harbor, devastating the city.
1950 – Egypt announced that the Suez Canal was closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
1961 – Venera 1 became the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus
1961 – At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis died when police open fire on protesters
1963 – The New York Post Sunday Magazine published Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
1986 – The Firearm Owners Protection Act was signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
1997 – The Sierra Gorda biosphere was established as a result of grassroots efforts.
2015 – The Refugio oil spill spewed 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
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Some people who were born on this day:
Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.
~~ Ho Chi Minh
1462 – Baccio D'Agnolo, woodcarver, sculptor and architect
1593 – Claude Vignon, painter
1616 – Johann Jakob Froberger, organist and composer
1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher and academic
1857 – John Jacob Abel, biochemist and pharmacologist
1861 – Nellie Melba, soprano and actress
1871 – Walter Russell, painter, sculptor, and author
1889 – Tản Đà, poet and author
1890 – Ho Chi Minh, politician, resistance leader
1899 – Lothar Rădăceanu, journalist, linguist, and politician
1903 – Ruth Ella Moore, scientist
1914 – Max Perutz, biologist and academic
1919 – Georgie Auld, saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader
1920 – Tina Strobos, psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War, resistance member
1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, activist
1924 – Sandy Wilson, composer and songwriter
1925 – Malcolm X, minister and activist
1927 – Serge Lang, mathematician, author and academic
1928 – Colin Chapman, engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars
1929 – Helmut Braunlich, violinist and composer
1932 – Alma Cogan, singer
1938 – Herbie Flowers, musician
1940 – Mickey Newbury, country/pop singer and songwriter
1942 – Gary Kildall, computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc.
1945 – Pete Townshend, singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Claude Lelièvre, activist
1947 – Paul Brady, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948 – Grace Jones, singer and songwriter, producer, and actress
1949 – Dusty Hill, singer, songwriter, and bass player
1951 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter
1956 – Martyn Ware, keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1967 – Alexia, singer
1968 – Kyle Eastwood, actor and bass player
1970 – Stuart Cable, drummer
1972 – Jenny Berggren, singer and songwriter
1974 – Emma Shapplin, soprano
1975 – Jonas Renkse, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1977 – Wouter Hamel, singer and guitarist
1977 – Natalia Oreiro, singer, songwriter, and actress
1979 – Shooter Jennings, country singer, songwriter
1987 – Michael Angelakos, singer, songwriter, and producer
1991 – Jordan Pruitt, singer and songwriter
1992 – Sam Smith, singer and songwriter
1992 – Lainey Wilson, singer and songwriter
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Some people who died on this day:
Any injustice to just one person represents a threat to all of the rest.
~~ Jose Marti
1601 – Costanzo Porta, composer
1795 – James Boswell, biographer
1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, philosopher and theorist
1831 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, physician, botanist, and entomologist
1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, novelist and short story writer
1885 – Peter W. Barlow, engineer
1895 – José Martí, journalist, poet, and philosopher
1912 – Bolesław Prus, journalist and author
1935 – T. E. Lawrence, colonel and archaeologist
1946 – Booth Tarkington, novelist and dramatist
1954 – Charles Ives, composer and educator
1962 – Gabriele Münter, painter
1969 – Coleman Hawkins, saxophonist and clarinet player
1971 – Ogden Nash, poet
1984 – John Betjeman, poet and academic
1986 – Jimmy Lyons, saxophonist
1994 – Jacques Ellul, sociologist, philosopher, and academic
1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, journalist
2001 – Susannah McCorkle, singer
2002 – Walter Lord, historian and author
2009 – Robert F. Furchgott, biochemist and academic
2009 – Nicholas Maw, composer and academic
2013 – Robin Harrison, pianist and composer
2016 – Morley Safer, journalist
2023 – Andy Rourke, bassist
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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Malcolm X Day (United States of America)
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
Accounting Day
World IBD Day
National Hepatitus Testing Day (United States)
World Family Doctor Day
National Devils Food Cake Day
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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. What's on your mind?
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Cross posted from
http://caucus99percent.com
open thread, Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Centigrade Scale, Herbie Flowers, Pete Townsend, Grace Jones, Dusty Hill, Joey Ramone
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