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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 11 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 11/10/2024 11 October 1895, The second fire to destroy the Kimberley Club. 11 October 1899, The Anglo-Boer War starts…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 11 SEPTEMBER
11 September 1896, Train accident on Dronfield farm kills stoker W.H. Wonnacott. 11 September 1905, Thomas Raaff accidentally killed in…
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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 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 31 MAY
31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 05 APRIL
UPDATED: 05/04/2024 5 April 1886, Phoenix Hotel opens for business in Beaconsfield. 5 April 1886, William Hartley, an 1820 settler,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 FEBRUARY
UPDATE: 15/02/2024 15 February 1853, Alfred Beit, financial genius, born in Hamburg. 15 February 1882, Street Lights tested in Kimberley,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 01 FEBRUARY
01 February 1876, The High Court of Griqualand West moves from Barkly West to Kimberley. 01 February 1899, Tramline between…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 23 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 23/11/2023 23 November 1899, The Battle of Belmont. 23 November 1918, Official death toll from the Spanish Flu in…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 OCTOBER
UPDATE: 12/10/2023 12 October 1881, Christian von Abo accidentally killed in Dutoitspan Mine. 12 October 1888, The first Poor Sisters of…
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