UPDATED: 06/03/2019 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. DID YOU KNOW The official opening of the Rooipoort Shooting Box (pictured) was on Thursday 10 August 1899 when a group of De ...
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15 February 1853, Alfred Beit, financial genius, born in Hamburg. 15 February 1882, Street Lights tested in Kimberley, but they fail. 15 February 1900, Kimberley is relieved in 1900 by General French after 124 days of siege by the Boers. ...
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13 February 1946, Joseph van Praagh, Pioneer of Rhodesia dies. DID YOU KNOW Joseph Van Praagh (pictured) was born in the County of Middlesex, England on 15 July 1864 and died in Kimberley on 13 February 1946. He was a ...
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01 February 1876, The High Court of Griqualand West moves from Barkly West to Kimberley. 01 February 1899, Tramline between Kimberley and Kenilworth opens. 01 February 1909, Alfred Beit House, the hostel for girls at Kimberley GHS, opens. 01 February ...
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UPDATED: 23/11/2018 23 November 1899, The Battle of Belmont. 23 November 1918, Official death toll from the Spanish Flu in Kimberley announced – 4861. 23 November 2006, Upgraded Kimberley Mine Museum opens. 23 November 2013, Dog rescued from the Big Hole. ...
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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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UPDATED: 15/11/2018 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits suicide in England. 15 November 1977, Robert Sobukwe (pictured) returns to Kimberley after medical treatment in the Cape. 15 November 1982, ...
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13 November 1881, Rev JD Kestell takes up his ministry at Dutoitspan. Pictured is JD Kestell as a young minister and the NGK building in Dutoitspan that opened officially for worship in December 1881. DID YOU KNOW Dr John Daniel ...
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UPDATE: 12/10/2018 12 October 1881, Christian von Abo accidentally killed in Dutoitspan Mine. 12 October 1888, The first Poor Sisters of Nazareth arrive in Kimberley. 12 October 1910, A packet of 103 diamonds found while cleaning the Pioneers cemetery. 12 October 1917, Kekewich ...
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11 October 1895, The second fire to destroy the Kimberley Club. 11 October 1899, The Anglo-Boer War commences at 17:00. (Pictured is the Club after the 1895 fire). DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Club has twice been destroyed by fire ...
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