UPDATED: 20/05/2020 20 May 1883, Robert Milne murdered in Beaconsfield. 20 May 1889, Beaconsfield Public Library and Institution opened. 20 May 1895, De Beers Mine Recreation Room, formerly the Boardroom, opens. 20 May 1947, Retired Head librarian John Gow Ross ...
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UPDATED: 12/05/2020 12 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer (pictured) resigns as Mayor of Kimberley. 12 May 1962, Dame Flora Robson appears on stage in Kimberley in “The Corn is Green”. 12 May 1976, Lance Mowbray elected Life Member of the Master ...
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UPDATED: 08/05/2020 8 May 1945, Germany surrenders to end the conflict in Europe. The end of World War II in Europe – 75 years ago The formal surrender of the German military forces in World War II, and thus the ...
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UPDATED: 07/05/2020 7 May 1962, The Grand Old Man of the Kimberley regiment, Mossie Rodwell, dies. 7 May 1994, The first Premier of the Northern Cape, Manne Dipico, inducted. DID YOU KNOW Manne Emsley Dipico (pictured) was born in Greenpoint ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2020 6 May 1887, De Beers Mining Company AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. De Beers Mining Company has AGM at ...
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UPDATED: 29/04/2020 29 April 1884, The Miners strike in Kimberley ends in disaster with seven white miners shot dead by police and militia. 29 April 1901, 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment arrive in Kimberley. 29 April 1927, KHS Old Boys Union ...
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UPDATE: 24/04/2020 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. Miners go on strike in Kimberley The white miners at all four Kimberley mines went on strike in ...
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UPDATED: 17/04/2020 17 April 1904, Memorial to the Cape Police who died in the Anglo-Boer War unveiled. 17 April 1912, Formal leave taking of Reverend Harris Isaacs by the Jewish community. 17 April 1946, Main building of Girls High School ...
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UPDATED: 31/03/2020 31 March 1905, Pioneer cemetery closes officially. 31 March 1932, De Beers closes all their Kimberley mines as a result of the Depression. 31 March 1985, De Beers closes the popular Dog Show, a tourist attraction for over ...
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13 March 1882, A miner killed in a fall of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 13 March 1900, Bloemfontein surrenders to Lord Roberts’ army. 13 March 1902, Presentation to Archdeacon Holbech (pictured) on his departure for Bloemfontein. (Pictured is the Reverend ...
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