UPDATED: 18/09/2019 18 September 1945, Radio talent show at the Plaza: Charming songs provided by Merle Herbert, Janice Farrelly and Carol West. DID YOU KNOW Yesterday was the 56th Anniversary of the death of famed Battle of Britain pilot Sailor ...
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UPDATED: 16/08/2019 16 August 1883, The mining camps of Dutoitspan and Bultfontein named Beaconsfield. 16 August 1885, Stephanus Opperman killed by Jan Barley and Stemmer near Barkly West. DID YOU KNOW In the early 1880s, and as the Dutoitspan and Bultfontein ...
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UPDATED: 01/08/2019 1 August 1871, Pioneer cemetery opens for business. 1 August 1890, The GW Football Association inaugurated with 4 teams. 1 August 1898, The new Halfway House opens in its present position. 1 August 1911, Ecstatic crowds greet the Griqua rugby team after ...
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UPDATED: 03/07/2019 3 July 1873, Reverend Gway Tyamzashe ordained the first black minister in Kimberley. 3 July 1890, The Kimberley Golf Club formed. 3 July 1901, Kimberley’s first motor car, a Panhard Levassor, hits the streets. 3 July 1901, Syce ...
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UPDATED: 14/06/2019 14 June 1897, Barney Barnato (pictured) jumps overboard and drowns on his way to England. 14 June 1977, SA cricketer Boeta Dippenaar born. DID YOU KNOW Barney Barnato, an English “diamond king,” promoter, and speculator; was born in ...
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3 June 1932, Colonel HS Harris dies (pictured). 3 June 1952, Official opening of Belgrave Lodge by Harry Oppenheimer. Also pictured is the house “Lancaster Lodge” where Herbert Harris died and his Fob Watch won in a shooting competition. DID ...
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31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May 1878, The Burness family murdered in the Kuruman region. 31 May 1902, End of the Anglo-Boer War. 31 May 1910, Union of ...
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28 MAY 1895, The De Beers billiard rooms open on Warren Street. 28 MAY 1924, A bomb explodes during an aerial show at Kuruman, killing four. 28 MAY 1948, The NP win the elections. DID YOU KNOW De Beers Consolidated ...
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UPDATED: 09/05/2019 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2019 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins (pictured) inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. DID YOU KNOW Hazel Gertrude Jenkins is ...
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