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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 27 MAY
27 MAY 1886, Artist Harry Stratford Caldecott (pictured) born in Kimberley. 27 MAY 2004, Well-known journalist Barbara Kiddie dies Kimberley…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 MAY
UPDATED: 26/05/2026 26 May 1873, Formation of the Griqualand Mounted Police in Kimberley. 26 May 1884, SA cricketer Louis Stricker…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 25 MAY
UPDATED: 25/05/2026 25 May 1875, Police Constable Pieter Sam executed in Kimberley for murdering two prisoners. This is the first…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 22 MAY
UPDATED: 22/05/2026 22 May 1878, Some 100 Griqua casualties in the battle of Driefontein at Griquatown. 22 May 1880, Sir…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 21 MAY
UPDATED: 21/05/2026 21 May 1878, Griquatown relieved by a Kimberley column. 21 May 1891, YMCA in Newton opens. 21 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 MAY
UPDATED: 20/05/2026 20 May 1883, Robert Milne murdered in Beaconsfield. 20 May 1889, Beaconsfield Public Library and Institution officially opened. 20…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 19 MAY
19 May 1879, Presbyterian Church foundation stone laid by Sir Walter Frere, New Main Road. 19 May 1881, First sod…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 MAY
18 May 1876, The Lanyon Theatre opens. 18 May 1881, Meeting called to form the Kimberley Club. 18 May 1906,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 MAY
UPDATED: 15/05/2026 15 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer forced to leave Kimberley. ERNEST OPPENHEIMER DEPARTS KIMBERLEY The resignation of Ernest Oppenheimer…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 14 MAY
UPDATED: 14/05/2026 14 May 1878, Griquatown besieged by the Griqua people. 14 May 1902, Royal Munster Fusiliers Promenade concert in…
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