Anyone see the rerun of this on telly today - actually still on now, but I've come up to bed - hope to watch the rest on iPlayer. There aren't really that many days in your life that you specifically remember - but the tension of watching that opening ceremony live was immense (will it all go wrong, will it be any good?).... but it was awesome (literally) then and it was still awesome watching it back today. The OP got it bang on!
Was lucky enough to go with family... August 9th. The date is imprinted on my mind. What a day.