Happy Birthday LA!
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braydon at 09.4.09 - 6:43 pm
Los Angeles was founded September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del RÃo de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the river of Porziuncola).[5] It became a part of Mexico in 1821, following its independence from Spain. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican-American War, Los Angeles and California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States; Mexico retained the territory of Baja California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_angeles
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