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100 years ago DECEMBER 1920

• Cool jazz composer Dave Brubeck was born

• The German confectionery company Haribo was founded

• The Boxing Day women’s football match in Liverpool between the Dick, Kerr & Co Ladies’ FC and St Helen’s Ladies’ FC drew a record crowd of 53,000 spectators.

80 years ago DECEMBER 1940

• Stand up comedian Richard

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