On this day in sports: October 8

1. 1921 KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game. Source
2. 1956 Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. Source
3. 1956 The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series. Source
4. 2020 Died: Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (born 1928) Source
5. 2024 Died: Pat Fischer, American football player (born 1940) Source
6. 2024 Died: Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player (born 1940) Source

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