Opening ceremony at the 2007 ' China V. USOEC ' challenge.

Opening ceremony of San Marino's electric railway in 1932

* 1998 – Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In the later Egyptian funerary context, Wepwawet assists at the Opening of the mouth ceremony and guides the deceased into the netherworld.

The ahnetjer ( Manuel de Codage transliteration: aH-nTr ) depicted as an adze-like instrument, was used in the Opening of the Mouth ceremony, intended to convey power over their senses to statues and mummies.

Olympic Games ceremony | Opening Ceremony with Rudolf Hess, president of IOC count Henri de Baillet-Latour, and Adolf Hitler

Opening ceremony for the Banda Mausoleum, 14 May 2006 – Lilongwe, Malawi

Interviews with Matt DiDomizio, owner and developer of the fronton in Berlin, Connecticut, and various other media sources that covered their Grand Opening on May 8, 2010, confirm that Churruca, a living legend of the game, and Joey Cornblit, one of the greatest American players of all time, threw out the first and second ball, respectively, at the ceremony.

If the Opening ceremony and athletics competition will be held in different stadiums, the flame will be required to move there.

These included faience objects and appear to have been related to the " Opening of the Mouth " ceremony.

The statue was revealed in a dedication ceremony on Opening Day, April 10, 2009.

The State Opening is a lavish ceremony.

The State Opening of Parliament is a ceremony loaded with historical ritual and symbolic significance for the governance of the United Kingdom.

Opening ceremony at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto

It is worn after the conclusion of the Coronation ceremony when the monarch leaves Westminster Abbey and at the annual State Opening of Parliament.

* 1897 – Opening ceremony of Gujarat College by Lord Sandhurst.

The Bariloche Civic Centre Opening ceremony | opened in 1940 and was declared national monument in 1987.

The Opening ceremony will also be featuring some ancient Asian cultural celebrations to pay respect to the roots of the festival heritage.

The book was cited by writer Frank Cotrell Boyce as an influence in the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony with an early section of the ceremony named after it.

Opening ceremony for the standard gauge line at South Brisbane

The Opening ceremony began with a twenty-eight second countdown — one second per Olympics held since Athens last hosted the first modern games — paced by the sounds of an amplified heartbeat played by two drummers, one inside the stadium, and one projected on the stadium screen from the ancient stadium of Olympia, the locale of the Olympic games of antiquity.

Similar tributes have happened during the Opening Ceremonies, for example in the last Olympics before that, in Salt Lake City, where banners of the previous 18 Winter Olympics entered Rice-Eccles Stadium at the beginning of the ceremony.

Elizabeth II closed the Games during a colourful ceremony, which included parachute jumpers ( who had originally been also intended as part of the Opening Ceremony display ) jumping and landing in a special target area within the stadium and red, white and blue balloons.

Parallels between the Ancient Egyptian ritual text Opening of the mouth ceremony and Psalm 51 are pointed out in " Psalm 51 and the ' Opening of the Mouth ' Ceremony ," by Benjamin Urrutia, Scripta Hierosolymitana: Publications of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, volume 28, pages 222-223 ( 1982 ).

Opening of The White Wing, Edward VII of the United Kingdom | King Edward VII's Galleries ( 1914 )

On April 4, 1999, the Rockies made history as they played their Opening Day game against the defending National League champion San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico – marking the first time Major League Baseball opened the regular season outside the United States or Canada.

Monarchy of the United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the Palace of Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament.

* 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason ( now Friends Hospital ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she was the flag bearer for the United States team at the Opening Ceremony.

Engraved invitation to the Opening Ceremonies for the 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition held at Philadelphia, Pa., May 31, 1926The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the 50th anniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition

* Opening Hours directory for the United States

In the United Kingdom, where the practice originated, Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech, also known as the Gracious Address or, less formally, as the Queen's Speech, is typically read by the reigning sovereign at the State Opening of Parliament ; this occurs annually in May — prior to the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011, the State Opening usually occurred in November or December — or soon after a general election.

, also known as John Manjirō ( or John Mung ), was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the Opening of Japan.

* Nakahama Manjirō ( 1827 – 1898 ) was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the Opening of Japan.

In the United Kingdom, the State Opening of Parliament is an event that marks the commencement of a session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and that includes a Speech from the Throne.

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom | King Edward VIII surrounded by officers of the College of Arms on his only State Opening of Parliament on 3 November 1936.

Therefore, the State Opening demonstrates the governance of the United Kingdom but also the separation of powers.

* The Way Forward: Harry Pollit's Speech at the Great United Front Congress at Bermondsey, February 24th, 1934 ( Opening the Discussion on Main Resolution ).

* 2003 – Opening concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, subsequently televised in the United States on PBS Great Performances

Even to this day, a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is sent to Buckingham Palace as a ceremonial hostage during the State Opening of Parliament, in order to ensure the safe return of the sovereign from a potentially hostile parliament.

During the State Opening of Parliament, the Judges ' Woolsack was historically occupied by the Law Lords ; now that the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ended the judicial functions of the House of Lords, it is unclear what will happen to the Judges ' Woolsack, but it is possible that the Justices of the Supreme Court will sit on it.

In February 1998, singing from the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, the chorus represented the Americas when Seiji Ozawa led the Winter Olympics Orchestra with six choruses on five continents, all linked by satellite, in the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to close the Opening Ceremonies of the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Opening in 1995, the 91 Express Lanes is the first privately funded tollway built in the United States since the 1940s, and the first fully automated tollway in the world.

* Statement of Senator Orrin G. Hatch before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on “ Maximizing Voter Choice: Opening the Presidency to Naturalized Americans ”

Opening its doors in 1964, Hodaka is credited by some with starting the trail bike craze in the United States.