UPDATED: 26/05/2025 26 May 1873, Formation of the Griqualand Mounted Police in Kimberley. 26 May 1884, SA cricketer Louis Stricker born in Beaconsfield. The formation of the Mounted Police In the early days of the diamond fields, Nicholas Waterboer’s territory ...
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UPDATED: 22/11/2024 22 November 1874, Police Constable Sam kills two prisoners. 22 November 1888, Foundation stone of the Masonic Temple in Dutoitspan Road laid. 22 November 1899, Shells land in the African refugee camp in the racecourse. 22 November 1976, Harry Oppenheimer ...
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3 May 1875, Frank Cooper murders Bill Williams after love triangle problem. Cooper raised murder into a fine art Frank Cooper, arrested in Lichtenburg nearly two weeks after fatally shooting William Williams, was brought back to Kimberley and into the ...
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UPDATED: 25/05/2023 25 May 1875, Police Constable Pieter Sam executed in Kimberley for murdering two prisoners. This is the first execution in Kimberley. 25 May 1893, Air Vice Marshal Sir Christopher Quintin Brand born in Beaconsfield. 25 May 1984, Sister ...
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