Apr. 13, 1964 | LBJ Throws Out First Pitch of Baseball Season

Apr. 13, 1964 - The rites of spring were celebrated today before 40,145 persons at D.C. Stadium as the 1964 major league baseball season opened. Under a sky that was gray and swollen with rain that never fell, the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Washington Senators, 4-0, after President Johnson had thrown out the first and second balls. The President remained through the 2-hour-18-minute American League game.

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