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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 AUGUST
UPDATE: 30/08/2024 30 August 1890, Foundation stone laid for the new Municipal complex in Stockdale Street. The Municipal complex in…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 23 AUGUST
23 August 1875, Foundation stone for the Synagogue on D’Arcy Street laid. 23 August 1892, Thrice Mayor of Kimberley George…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 AUGUST
UPDATED: 16/08/2024 16 August 1883, The mining camps of Dutoitspan and Bultfontein named Beaconsfield. 16 August 1885, Stephanus Opperman killed by…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 2 AUGUST
2 August 1875, Mrs Jardine takes over the Queens Hotel. 2 August 2004, Combined Treatment Plant officially opened. Pictured is…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 JULY
UPDATED: 26/07/2024 26 July 1996, Five men die when plane crashes at the Prison grounds. 26 July 2000, Brian Hermanus,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 19 JULY
UPDATED: 19/07/2024 19 July 1897, An Indian trader named Kaledin, murdered in the Malay Camp. An unsolved murder. 19 July…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 JULY
12 July 1888, Rescue attempts continue at the De Beers Mine disaster as hundreds of miners escape the underground fire.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 5 JULY
UPDATED: 05/07/2024 5 July 1853, Cecil John Rhodes born at Bishop’s Stortford, England. 5 July 1873, The settlement known as “New…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 JUNE
UPDATED: 28/06/2024 28 June 1882, Annie Penton, an elderly lady found with lots of gold and cash, arrested for IDB.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 21 JUNE
UPDATED: 21/06/2024 21 June 1887, Horse drawn trams used for first time. 21 June 1900, Ed Ling, the “W.G. Grace”…
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