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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 JULY
UPDATED: 17/07/2025 17 July 1885, Beaconsfield Public School opens. 17 July 1890, Cecil Rhodes (pictured) becomes Premier of the Cape Colony.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 14 JULY
UPDATED: 14/07/2025 14 July 1950, USA women’s hockey team beat Griqualand West women 2-1. 14 July 1964, SA hockey player…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 4 JULY
4 July 1953, Cecil Rhodes Museum opens at the cottage where he died in Muizenberg. USA citizens and their Kimberley…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 JUNE
UPDATED: 17/06/2025 17 June 1871, Carl Lotz discovers a 93 carat diamond at Bultfontein mine. Poddy Shein remembered with affection…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 JUNE
UPDATED: 12/06/2025 Nothing found as yet for this day in Kimberley’s history although assuredly there is something important that happened.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 MAY
30 May 1905, Colonel Frank Rhodes restores Dalham church in England as a memorial to his brother Cecil. 30 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 MAY
UPDATED: 28/05/2025 28 MAY 1895, The De Beers billiard rooms open on Warren Street. 28 MAY 1924, A bomb explodes…
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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 21 MAY
UPDATED: 21/05/2025 21 May 1878, Griquatown relieved by a Kimberley column. 21 May 1891, YMCA in Newton opens. 21 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 07 MAY
UPDATED: 07/05/2025 7 May 1951, Compulsory for all SA citizens to have an Identity card. 7 May 1962, The Grand…
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