* 2008 – The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China.

* 2012 – The opening ceremony of the Summer Paralympic Games is held in London.

* 1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world.

In particular, he was invited to play at the opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow because the organizers wanted to give a " more Russian appearance " of the contest.

*" Enlightenment ", the main artistic performance in the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony

* Enlightenment ( soundtrack album ), the soundtrack of the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians ( ICM ) is where the awards are presented: Fields Medals ( two to four medals are given since 1936 ), the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize ( since 1986 ), the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize ( since 2006 ), and the Chern Medal Award ( since 2010 ).

* The opening ceremony of Patras Carnival, celebrated until Clean Monday.

* 2012 – The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom.

The opening match of the tournament was held in Patiala while the closing ceremony took place in Ludhiana.

On the opening ceremony, in Taylor ’ s presence, the SCSL revealed their charge against Taylor which they had kept secret since March, and also issued an international arrest warrant for Taylor.

The opening ceremony took place on 5 October 1912, with a match between Newport RFC and Cardiff RFC.

* 1996 Gangaw – Natchaung 110 · 8 Linked to isolated northern section of Kalay line ; opening ceremony February 6

The building was completed in late-2010, with the opening and dedication ceremony on March 2, 2011, which was both Hackerman's 99th Birthday and the 175th Anniversary of Texas Independence.

* 1964 – The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.

The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration.

At the opening ceremony he dove into the pool fully clothed as soon as the venue was declared open.

In addition, he also composed music for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony.

He also composed the score of the opening ceremony for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, telecast live to an audience of over a billion viewers.

* " El Mar Mediterrani " ( composition for Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony ) ( 1992 )

The formal ceremony marking the start of self-rule, with the opening of the first parliament at Independence Square, Colombo | Independence Square.

The sound itself was heard during a segment of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London as rock band Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was played to the stadium.

* A W-class tram was used at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

At the opening ceremony, letters of congratulation from President Bush and John Frohnmayer, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, were read.

When a group of Klingon radicals spent time aboard Voyager (" Prophecy "), Torres began opening her self to more Klingon beliefs and, for the first time since childhood, was able to pray for her grandmother, L ' Naal, and her great-grandmother, Krelik.

The music itself would be re-used in other films ( most notably the track " L ' Enfant " in The Year of Living Dangerously ( 1982 ) by Peter Weir ; the melody of same ( in marching band format ) can also be heard at the beginning of the 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies scene in the film Chariots of Fire ) and television commercials ( the track " Hymne ", used in Barilla pasta commercials in Italy and Ernest & Julio Gallo wine ads in the US ).

James L. Venable composed the opening theme of the series, and Scottish band Bis performed the ending theme song, as played during the credits.

The Seton Legacy Project has organized a major exhibition on Seton opening at the New Mexico History Museum on May 23, 2010, the catalog published as Ernest Thompson Seton: The Life and Legacy of an Artist and Conservationist by David L. Witt.

Also introduced was Morecambe's famous paper bag trick, as well as an original opening segment which saw the pair parody other series, such as The Man from U. N. C. L. E., Dixon of Dock Green and Take Your Pick.

The first decades of the 19th century were relatively quiet for Wimbledon, with a stable rural population coexisting alongside nobility and wealthy merchants from the city, but renewed upheaval came in 1838 when the opening of the London and South Western Railway ( L & SWR ) brought a station to the south east of the village at the bottom of Wimbledon hill.

In the early 20th century, the L & N Railroad constructed a second line through the town, opening a depot in 1914.

In June 2003 it was announced that R. L. Franklin, prominent rancher of Pampa, would donate two statues to the library to honor the 50th anniversary of the opening of the building in January 1955.

Stravinsky worked on the opening " Nocturne " and the closing " Valse Brillante "; his reward was a much bigger commission, to write the music for a new ballet, L ' Oiseau du Feu ( The Firebird ) for the 1910 season.

L ' Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from Charlevoix which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to colonization.

Williams quickly assembled a new version of the band in 1983 by merging with their scheduled opening act, another L. A. deathrock band called Pompeii 99.

For the Broadway opening, veteran orchestrator Ted Royal and jazzman Charles L. Cooke contributed period authenticity to the 1920 arrangements.

The L & M became extremely successful, and within a month of its opening plans were put forward to connect Liverpool and Manchester with the other major cities of England.

Within ten years, 1, 775 miles ( 2, 857 km ) of railways had been built in Britain, and within 20 years of the L & M's opening over 6, 200 miles ( 10, 000 km ) were in place.

The L & M remains in operation, and its opening is now considered the start of the age of mechanised transport ; in the words of industrialist and former British Rail chairman Peter Parker, " the world is a branch line of the pioneering Liverpool – Manchester run ".

The previously undesignated base car, was now the Commodore L, opening up the range for a new unbadged sub-level car.

It was also used as the opening title song in Steve Martin's L. A. Story in 1991, and in a popular commercial for South Australia, promoting the wine region of Australia.

Speakers at the opening dedication in 1925 included Professor George Lincoln Burr of Cornell University, who worked to complete the manuscript of Lea's Materials for a Study of Witchcraft ; Professor Dana C. Munro of Princeton University, vice president of the American Historical Association, who had used Lea's collections as a young scholar ; and Hampton L. Carson, Philadelphia historian and former attorney general of Pennsylvania.

On the weekend of July 1, 2005, Harborplace celebrated its 25th anniversary with an opening ceremony containing known local politicians and other honoraries such as Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Baltimore Mayor Martin O ' Malley, and Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association ( BACVA ) president Leslie R. Doggett.

From 2004, they began to appear regularly in other media such as television appearances on Brainiac and The Weakest Link and opening the studios of a new local radio station Big L 1395, along with Cliff Richard.

Lance Corporal L. A. Webb and Private Arthur Bridge held their position in an upstairs window and returned fire with their Bren gun despite German machine gun and 20 mm cannon fire directed at them, some of which passed through the window opening but missed hitting them.

Upon the opening of Sewell Hall, L. L. Brigance Hall, which could house 78 men, was closed.

Captain David L. Payne was one of the main supporters of the opening of Oklahoma to white settlement.