* Allen J. Scott ( born 1938 ), winner of Vautrin Lud Prize in 2003 and the Anders Retzius Gold medal 2009 ; author of numerous books and papers on economic and urban geography, known for his work on regional development, new industrial spaces, agglomeration theory, global city-regions and the cultural economy.

He is later awarded a Gold medal from U. S. President William Howard Taft for this feat.

Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it ; she accepted the medal on behalf of both of them.

According to his The New York Times obituary published on April 3, 1872, Morse received respectively the decoration of the Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar ( English: Order of Glory ) medal on wearer's right depicted in photo of Morse with medals, set in diamonds, from the Sultan Ahmad I ibn Mustafa of Turkey ( c. 1847 ), a golden snuff box containing the Prussian gold medal for scientific merit from the King of Prussia ( 1851 ); the Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences from the King of Württemberg ( 1852 ); and the Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts from Emperor of Austria ( 1855 ); a cross of Chevalier in the Légion d ' honneur from the Emperor of France ; the Cross of a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog from the King of Denmark ( 1856 ); the Cross of Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this States and other countries.

Nevertheless, he continued to exhibit throughout the 1880s and into the next decade, receiving a plentiful amount of accolades along the way, including the medal of Honour at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889, election to an honorary member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society in 1890, the Great Gold Medal at the International Exposition in Brussels of 1897.

* Gold medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences ( 1998 )

In the Olympic Games the top riders progress into knock out rounds, with the top two surviving into the Gold and Silver medal race and next two into the Bronze Medal race.

In the World Championships or World Cup Classic events, the top two riders from the qualifying round progress directly to the Gold and Silver medal race while the third and forth qualifiers fight it out for Bronze.

In the Olympic Games since 2012, the top teams progress into knock-out rounds, with the top two surviving into the Gold and Silver medal race and

In the World Championships or World Cup Classic events the top two teams from the qualifying round progress directly to the Gold and Silver medal race while the third and fourth qualifiers fight it out for Bronze.

In all three games the strong Cuban female team lead by Regla Torres and Mireya Luis won the Gold medal.

* Gold medal and diploma " Man in Space ," the Italian Association of Space

In recognition of their tireless effort and sacrifice during the anti-mafia trials, they were both awarded the Italian " Medaglia d ' oro al valore civile " ( Gold medal for civil valor ).

* In 1867, Steinway won three awards at the Exposition Universelle in Paris: the Grand Gold Medal of Honor " for excellence in manufacturing and engineering pianos ", the grand annual testimonial medal and an honorary membership of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

* Andrea Meneghin ( born 1974 ), basketball player and coach with Pallacanestro Varese ; selected in the All-Eurobasket Team in 1999 when the Italian national team won the Gold medal.

In 1987 a hamstring pull prevented her from competing at the World Championships, then a season later added an Olympic Silver and third Gold medal to her collection.

* 2006 Gold medal at Turin Olympiad with overall best performance ( 2847 ) 7 / 10

* Calvin Smith-Olympic Gold and bronze medal winning athlete

* Harold Hartshorne ( 1891 – 1961 ), Gold medal winner in figure skating.

* Don Bragg ( born 1935 ), Gold medal winner in the pole vault at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy.

* Scott Goldblatt ( born 1979 ), swimmer who won a Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and a Silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with both medals earned in the 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay.

* Jennifer Stuczynski, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games pole vaulting silver medal winner, 2012 London Olympic games Gold medal winner

* 1933 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 " forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates " by U. S. citizens.

However, the advent of U. S. sovereignty after the Mexican – American War, and especially, the Gold Rush, saw the Peralta's lands quickly encroached on by squatters and diminished by dubious legal proceedings.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

Category: Recipients of the Gold Medal of the U. S. Department of Commerce

The Conference Center & Hotel is LEED-certified Gold by the U. S. Green Building Council, and is the only full-service, upscale hotel in Fairfax and near George Mason University.

Numerous game developers were recruited to produce games for the system, including Jeff Minter's Llamasoft, Electronic Arts, Psygnosis, Ocean, Palace and U. S. Gold, with Konix promising 40 games to be available by Christmas.

* 1968 – Gold standard: The U. S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.

comparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U. S. Congress — the highest civilian award in the United States.

The album was eventually certified Gold in the U. S. in 2005.

* 1966: "( You're My ) Soul and Inspiration " — # 1 U. S. ( Gold ), # 15 UK

* 1987: "( I've Had ) The Time of My Life " with Jennifer Warnes — # 1 U. S. ( Pop and AC ) ( Gold ), # 6 UK

* Becoming X ( 1996 ) – # 27 UK, # 111 U. S., # 1 U. S. Heatseekers – BPI: Gold

Thai and U. S. military training together during COBRA Gold 2001.

The U. S. S. R. collected their third Olympic Gold Medal in men's volleyball with a 3 – 1 victory over Bulgaria ( the Soviet women won that year as well, their third gold as well ).

* March 28 – U. S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

* March 18 – Gold standard: The Congress of the United States repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back U. S. currency.

** The U. S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.

Hastening to the attic, the temperature of which was easily hotter than the Gold Coast, you proceeded to mask the windows with a fancy wool coverlet, some khaki pants, and the like, and to ransack the innumerable boxes and barrels stored there.

She knew that I lived at a good address on the Gold Coast, that I had once been a medical student and was thinking of returning to the university to finish my medical studies.

The writers' Gold Tee Award will go to John McAuliffe of Plainfield, N. J., and Palm Beach, Fla., for his sponsorship of charity tournaments.

He said the assailant, who was armed with a automatic, entered the taxi at Pennsylvania Avenue and Gold Street.

Gold stater of the Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter ( reigned 281 – 261 BCE ) showing on the reverse a nude Apollo holding his key attributes: two arrows and leaning on a bow.

* 1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Wax ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

Gold hyperpyron of Andronikos II, kneeling before Christ.

He gained a BSc with Gold Medal in 1908, and became a lecturer at St Mary's until 1914.

In the center of the helmet was a center black stripe surrounded by 2 gold stripes and 2 white stripes, These colors represented the two college rival schools in the state of Georgia ; rival schools Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ( White and Gold ) and the Georgia Bulldogs ( Red and Black ) Although the gold was later taken out, the white remains to this day.

2B Orlando Hudson became the recipient of his second career Gold Glove Award, as announced on November 3 becoming only the sixth infielder in major league history to win a Gold Glove award in both the American and National Leagues.

* Derby, Josiah, " The Gold of The Ark ", Jewish Bible Quarterly Journal.