The California Gold Rush ( 1848–1855 ) was a gold rush that began Process_start on January 24 , 1848 , when gold was found Know by James W. Marshall at Sutter 's Mill in Coloma , California .

The California Gold Rush ( 1848–1855 ) was a gold rush that began Process_start on January 24 , 1848 , when gold was found Know by James W. Marshall at Sutter 's Mill in Coloma , California .

The news of gold brought Bringing approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest Placing of the United States and abroad .

The sudden influx of gold into the money supply Supply reinvigorated Recovering the American economy , and the sudden population increase Expansion allowed Preventing_or_letting California to go Motion rapidly to statehood , in the Compromise of 1850 .

While most of the newly arrived Arriving were Americans , the gold rush attracted Expansion thousands from Latin America , Europe , Australia , and China .

at the beginning Process_start of the gold rush Motion , there was no law regarding property rights in the goldfields and a system of `` staking claims '' was developed Coming_to_be .

Prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using Using simple techniques , such as panning Judgment_communication .

although the mining caused Causation environmental harm , more sophisticated methods of gold recovery were developed Coming_to_be and later adopted Choosing around the world .

at its peak , technological advances reached Achieve a point where significant financing was required , increasing Expansion the proportion of gold companies to individual miners .

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The name `` Acid Test Testing '' was coined Writing by Kesey , after the term `` acid test Testing '' used Using by gold miners in the 1850s .

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Wearing Wearing a linky gold sparkling mini-dress , she was backed by four female dancers and a 20-piece female band including a horn and orchestra section .

It began Process_start on 18 April 2013 with the gold medal game Competition played Competition on 28 April 2013 .

Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won gold in the slalom and silver in the giant slalom , upset Preventing_or_letting by Steve Mahre of the United States .

Switzerland and the U.S. led Causation in total medals with five each ; Switzerland had three golds ( Hess ' ) and five other nations each had a single gold medal .

For the performances , Shakira mainly wore Wearing a mesh gold crop top coupled with skin-tight leather pants .

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The tournament Competition was also Mario Kindelán 's final Olympic Competition event before retirement Departing , with a second lightweight gold metal after beating Getting Amir Khan .

Williams , who had never before won a World Cup or World Championship event , became Becoming the first British athlete to win Getting a solo Winter Olympic gold medal in 30 years .

For the fourth consecutive Summer Paralympics , China topped Placing the medal table , winning Getting 107 gold medals , while Georgia , Kazakhstan , Malaysia , Uzbekistan , and Vietnam won their first ever Paralympic gold medals .

For the fourth consecutive Summer Paralympics , China topped Placing the medal table , winning Getting 107 gold medals , while Georgia , Kazakhstan , Malaysia , Uzbekistan , and Vietnam won their first ever Paralympic gold medals .

Five hundred and four football players competed Competition for two sets of gold medals .

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In the tournament Competition final Process_end , Finland won the gold medal by defeating Conquering Sweden 4–1 at the Globen arena in Stockholm .

The gold medal was the first in Finland 's history .

It resulted in Causation the temporary closure Process_end of local gold mines including the Super Pit gold mine .

It resulted in Causation the temporary closure Process_end of local gold mines including the Super Pit gold mine .

With swimming Self_motion being a traditional gold mine for Singapore , there were high expectations for the squad to deliver Sending another record Recording haul of medals , especially given Giving that Singapore is the host country .

It began Process_start on December 26 , 2011 , and ended Process_end with the gold medal game Competition played Competition in Calgary on January 5 , 2012 .

However , the Canadians extended Change_event_time their consecutive medal streak at the tournament to 14 ( 5 gold , 6 silver , 3 bronze ) with a 4–0 victory Earnings_and_losses over Finland in the bronze medal game .

After not winning Getting a gold in swimming Self_motion since 2004 , Japan produced Manufacturing the most medals in the post-war era to build a tally of eleven ( three silver and eight bronze ) .

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The Swedes led by three after the first and easily moved Motion on to the gold medal game .

The Czechoslovaks , playing Competition for the last time as that nation , beat Competition the Swiss to settle Statement for bronze , while Sweden , led by Mats Sundin , beat Competition Finland for gold .

The car , a desert gold and sand dune white two-tone sport coupe which displayed only four miles on its odometer , was entombed Placing as part of the city of Tulsa 's `` Tulsarama '' Golden Jubilee Week festivities celebrating Oklahoma 's 50th year of statehood .

For the second time , the United States topped Placing the medal table with 36 total medals and 13 gold medals .

Host nation South Korea placed Placing 16th with 3 total medals and won its first gold and first bronze at in Winter Paralympics .

Sweden defeated Conquering Russia in the final , 6–1 , to take Earnings_and_losses the gold medal .

After losing Earnings_and_losses on home-ice to Finland 1-3 earlier that year during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Quarterfinals Competition , in a rematch Competition , captured Conquering the gold medal by defeating Conquering Finland 5–2 in the final Competition Sweden captured Conquering the bronze medal with a 3–0 victory Earnings_and_losses over the Czech Republic .

In the Women 's sitting Placing giant slalom , Alana Nichols of the United States – a Paralympic champion in basketball from Beijing in 2008 – won her first of two skiing gold medals , becoming Becoming a rare winter-summer gold medalist .

In the Women 's sitting Placing giant slalom , Alana Nichols of the United States – a Paralympic champion in basketball from Beijing in 2008 – won her first of two skiing gold medals , becoming Becoming a rare winter-summer gold medalist .

On 18 March , Viviane Forest became Becoming the first Canadian athlete to win Getting a gold in both the Winter and Summer Paralympics Competition , by winning Getting the Women 's Downhill for Visually Impaired Influence .

She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics Competition for women 's goalball .

Lauren Woolstencroft sets Placing the gold medal record Recording with 5 gold medals , for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games Competition .

Lauren Woolstencroft sets Placing the gold medal record Recording with 5 gold medals , for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games Competition .

Lauren Woolstencroft sets Placing the gold medal record Recording with 5 gold medals , for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games Competition .

Torch lighter was former road racing cyclist Rubén Darío Gómez , gold medallist at the 1961 Bolivarian Games Competition .

Canada men 's and Canada women 's national teams went through the tournament undefeated repeating its gold medalist achievements at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics .