let there be light (answered)

[deerayfan072]

On what day was the first night game played, who were the teams, and what president turned the lights on?

[Dr. Duran Duran]

Time: 43.09 seconds

Baseball changed dramatically on May 24, 1935 with the introduction of Major League Baseball under the lights. President Franklin Roosevelt threw the light switch to the historic first Major League night game from the White House six hundred (600+) miles away from Crosley Field. The Reds went on to play exactly seven night games in 1935, which included one game at night against every National League team. CIN v. PHI.<br><br><span class=gensmall>Accepted as answer by deerayfan072 on Wed May 31, 2006 8:16 pm EST.</span>

[utterchaos]

Time: 57.42 seconds

5/24/1935 Cincinnati 2 vs Philadelphia1
FDR turned on the lights

[Red Stripe]

Time: 1 minutes, 8.16 seconds

May 24th, 1935 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati between the Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Reds won 2-1.

FDR was the president

[bigken117]

Time: 1 minutes, 10.45 seconds

cincinatti def philly 2-1 and FDR turned them on

[Another Blown Save]

Time: 2 minutes, 9.81 seconds

5/24/1935
Philadelphia vs Cincinnati
Franklin Roosevelt

[deerayfan072]

The first night game was played May 24, 1935 when the phillies visited the cincy reds and FDR turned the lights on