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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 14 JANUARY
UPDATED: 14/01/2026 14 January 1871, First official mail from Cape Town to Klipdrift dispatched. THE POST BETWEEN THE DIGGINGS AND…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 27 NOVEMBER
UPDATE: 27/11/2025 27 NOVEMBER 1896, Rinderpest reported in Taung region. 27 NOVEMBER 1899, What is now the Wesselton Mine christened…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 25 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 25/11/2025 25 November 1885, The railway line from the Cape reaches Kimberley. 25 November 1888, John Larkin Fry, Chief…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 20 NOVEMBER
20 November 1874, The first massive landslip in the Kimberley Mine results in great loss of jobs. 20 November 1962,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 19 NOVEMBER
19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 17 NOVEMBER
17 November 1871, The first Commissioners for Kimberley arrive from the Cape. 17 November 1904, Premier Mine re-named Wesselton Mine.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 10 OCTOBER
10 October 1873, Rhodes begins studying at Oxford University. 10 October 1888, Foundation stone for the Masonic Temple on Dutoitspan…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 8 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 08/10/2025 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 3 OCTOBER
3 October 1882, 3 miners killed in a slip of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 3 October 1891, SA cricketer WVS (Vic)…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 4 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 04/09/2025 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate his election as Cape Premier. 4…
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