3 December 1862: Title deeds to the farm Alexandersfontein granted to JC Coetzee. 3 December 1890: Rail link opened between Kimberley and Vryburg. 3 December 1908: Kimberley librarian Bertram Dyer commits suicide. 3 December 1976: Enthronement of the Rt Rev ...
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UPDATED: 26/11/2021 26 NOVEMBER 1899, Massive hailstorm hits Kimberley. 26 NOVEMBER 1926, De Beers Stadium foundation stone laid. 26 NOVEMBER 1956, Champion boxer Charlie Weir, the ‘Silver Assassin’ born. 26 NOVEMBER 1961, Dedication of the Memorial Tower at St Cyprian’s ...
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19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King kills the one-armed Charles Murray in Dutoitspan village. 19 November 1892, Kimberley Town Bowling Club opens, the 2nd in SA. 19 ...
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UPDATE 12/11/2021 12 NOVEMBER 1907, A child dies after being hit by a tram on the municipal tramline on Barkly Road. 12 NOVEMBER 1936, Britain lose to Kimberley Combined bowls side 159-74 at Beaconsfield. 12 NOVEMBER 1953, Sportsman and attorney ...
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UPDATED: 05/11/2021 5 November 1905, SA cricketer George Bissett is born. 5 November 1978, Vusi Tukakhomo, first full-time black reporter at the DFA, appointed. The birth of an international cricket player George Finlay Bissett was born in Kimberley on 5 ...
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29 October 1872, Harry Barnato, elder brother of Barney, stages his first show on the Diamond Fields. 29 October 1888, William Hart accidentally killed in the Kimberley Mine. The lesser known Harry Barnato The less well-known brother of Barney Barnato, ...
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22 October 1870, Stafford Parker’s Music Hall opens on the banks of the Vaal River. President Stafford Parker of the Diamond Diggers Republic Stafford Parker (pictured) was born in Maldon, Essex, England on 30 March 1833, the son of Stafford ...
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15 October 1880, Griqualand West incorporated into the Cape Colony. 15 October 1885, Richard Stable accidentally killed in the Kimberley Mine. 15 October 1899, Martial law proclaimed in Kimberley besieged by Boers. 15 October 1910, SA cricketer Xenophon Balaskas born. 15 October 1913, Edward ...
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UPDATED: 08/10/2021 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman William Doyle dies after falling down a well at Ronaldsvlei. Kimberley in the death grip of Spanish Flu On this ...
Read More »TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 1 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 01/10/2021 1 October 1881, Circus Proprietor Richard Bell dies. 1 October 1899, Six Black miners killed in a mud rush in De Beers Mine. 1 October 1909, Frances Baard born in Beaconsfield, Kimberley. 1 October 1920, De Beers announce that 101 employees ...
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