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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 MAY
UPDATED: 26/05/2025 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 23 MAY
UPDATED: 23/05/2025 23 May 1886, Foundation stone of All Saints Church in Beaconsfield laid. 23 May 1900, Presentation to Town…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 MAY
UPDATED: 20/05/2025 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 07 APRIL
UPDATED: 07/04/2025 7 April 1881, JB Robinson takes his seat in the Cape Legislative Assembly. 7 April 1904, Gladstone Park…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 JANUARY
UPDATED: 31/01/2025 Nothing to report on this day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s telephone The telephone…
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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 MARCH
UPDATED: 15/03/2024 15 March 1902, Kimberley Town Bowling Clubhouse opened. 15 March 1928, Wilfrid Gore-Brown, first Anglican Bishop of Kimberley,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 08 MARCH
UPDATED: 08/03/2024 8 March 1886, Phoenix Hotel in Beaconsfield established. 8 March 2017, Two policemen and one former policeman killed…
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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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