10 October 1873, Rhodes begins studying at Oxford University. 10 October 1888, Foundation stone for the Masonic Temple on Dutoitspan Road laid. 10 October 1904, Kimberley Regiment awarded the King’s Colours. 10 October 1961, Mrs R Goble shoots the first ...
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UPDATED: 08/10/2025 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman William Doyle dies after falling down a well at Ronaldsvlei. Kimberley in the death grip of Spanish Flu On this ...
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3 October 1882, 3 miners killed in a slip of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 3 October 1891, SA cricketer WVS (Vic) Ling born. 3 October 1898, Foundation stone of the Dutoitspan Lodge (Good Templars Hall) laid by James Lawrence MLA. 3 October ...
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UPDATED: 04/09/2025 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate his election as Cape Premier. 4 September 1905, Viennese band conductor Herr Carl Rybnikar marries Edith Kearns. 4 September 1973, Harry Oppenheimer becomes a Freeman of ...
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UPDATED: 25/08/2025 25 AUGUST 1904, De Beers takes over the town council electricity 25 AUGUST 1954, Gallery founder Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin dies. Photographer extraordinaire Alfred Duggan-Cronin Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin (pictured) was an Irish-born South African photographer who undertook several photographic and collecting ...
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UPDATED: 19/08/2025 19 August 1876, Kimberley Light Horse formed. 19 August 2000, Harry Oppenheimer dies. The death of Harry Oppenheimer Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in the family home “Friedberg” at 7 Lodge Road, Belgravia Kimberley on 28 October 1908. ...
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18 August 1947, Henry Everington murdered at 28 Searle Street. The Searle Street Murder It is in the early hours of the morning during Kimberley’s cold months that traditionally, residents should be more alert than usual, as it is then ...
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UPDATED: 13/08/2025 13 August 1924, Marthinus Kruger dies after a rugby injury during practice. 13 August 2016, Professor Elaine Rosa Salo (pictured) dies in the USA. In Memoriam: Elaine Salo From: University of Delaware Arts and Sciences Department of Women ...
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18 July 1874, SA cricketer Bertie Powell born. 18 July 1878, The Thompson family attacked by Kgosi Galeshewe’s force at Cornforth Hill. 18 July 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines pays Barney Barnato £5 338 650.00 for his Kimberley Mine. 18 ...
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UPDATED: 17/07/2025 17 July 1885, Beaconsfield Public School opens. 17 July 1890, Cecil Rhodes (pictured) becomes Premier of the Cape Colony. 17 July 1910, The biggest man in Kimberley, Andrew Bennie, dies. Cecil Rhodes becomes Premier of the Cape Colony Cecil ...
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