UPDATED: 26/02/2019 26 February 1966, Tony Jacklin (pictured) sets the course record of 65 at the Kimberley golf course. (Pictured is Jacklin in 1969 winning The Open Championship) DID YOU KNOW The famous British golfer Tony Jacklin, winner of the ...
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UPDATED: 31/01/2019 Every now and again there will be nothing to report on today in Kimberley’s history. While matters of historical interest assuredly happened in Kimberley on this very day, they have not yet been “found” and research is on-going……. ...
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UPDATED: 29/01/2019 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. DID YOU KNOW In the late 1970s and 1980s there was an ...
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UPDATED: 17/01/2019 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in circa 1905). DID YOU KNOW It has always been believed, quite erroneously, that De Beers Consolidated ...
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UPDATED: 14/01/2019 14 January 1871, First official mail from Cape Town to Klipdrift dispatched. DID YOU KNOW It was on 15 October 1870 that the first mail was dispatched from the Diamond Fields to Cape Town, this via Bloemfontein and ...
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UPDATED: 10 January 2019 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887, Irvine Grimmer (pictured) takes 16 wickets for 83 runs for Strayklips vs WP CC. DID YOU KNOW Irvine Grimmer is not ...
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UPDATE: 27/11/2018 27 NOVEMBER 1896, Rinderpest reported in Taung region. 27 NOVEMBER 1899, What is now the Wesselton Mine christened officially the Premier Mine. DID YOU KNOW Rinderpest decimated the cattle population of most of southern Africa north of the ...
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UPDATED: 23/11/2018 23 November 1899, The Battle of Belmont. 23 November 1918, Official death toll from the Spanish Flu in Kimberley announced – 4861. 23 November 2006, Upgraded Kimberley Mine Museum opens. 23 November 2013, Dog rescued from the Big Hole. ...
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20 November 1874, The first massive landslip in the Kimberley Mine results in great loss of jobs. 20 November 1962, Bust of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer unveiled in the Oppenheimer Gardens. DID YOU KNOW Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of the Anglo-American ...
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19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King kills the one-armed Charles Murray in Dutoitspan village. 19 November 1892, Kimberley Town Bowling Club opens, the 2nd in SA. 19 ...
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