UPDATED: 25/02/2021 25 February 1934, The Cape Corps Memorial in Kimberley unveiled by General Jan Smuts. THE CAPE CORPS GUN MEMORIAL The Cape Corps Association was formed shortly after World War I, with the strongest association being in Kimberley. Their ...
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5 February 1891, Wesselton Mine rushed by diggers. 5 February 1950, Rugby great FJ “Uncle” Dobbin dies. HUNDREDS OF DIGGERS LAY CLAIMS TO LAND Despite common knowledge of Henry Ward having the mineral rights to the land owned by JJ ...
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UPDATED: 02/12/2020 2 DECEMBER 1912, Beaconsfield amalgamates with Kimberley in 1912. 2 DECEMBER 1978, Rapid Bird Guide for Southern Africa launched by author Dr Richard Liversidge. Beaconsfield becomes a suburb of Kimberley In the early 1880s, and as the Dutoitspan and ...
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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. THE SIR ERNEST OPPENHEIMER BUST Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of ...
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UPDATE: 12/10/2020 12 October 1881, Christian von Abo accidentally killed in Dutoitspan Mine. 12 October 1888, The first Poor Sisters of Nazareth arrive in Kimberley. 12 October 1899, H Robinow, DBCM Director, dies. 12 October 1910, A packet of 103 diamonds found ...
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UPDATED: 23/09/2020 23 September 1871, Theatre Royal in Dutoitspan Village opens. 23 September 1887, The Queen’s Theatre opens. 23 September 1918, The first case of Spanish Flu in Dutoitspan Mine compound detected. 23 September 1942, Colonel Sir David Harris, cousin of Barney Barnato ...
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UPDATED: 13/08/2020 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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UPDATED: 06/08/2020 6 August 1883, Beaconsfield Village Management Board elected. 6 August 1986, Six soldiers based at Intelligence School die in a vehicle accident. Six soldiers die in accident at Danie Theron Combat School In one of Kimberley’s worst single ...
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UPDATED: 14/07/2020 14 July 1858, Black prisoners massacred by farmers near Boshof. 14 July 1950, USA women’s hockey team beat Griqualand West women 2-1. 14 July 1964, SA hockey player Wally Ubsdell dies. Kenilworth Springbok hockey player Wally Ubsdell Walter ...
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UPDATED: 09/07/2020 9 July 1847, Henrietta Stockdale born in England. 9 July 1871, First baptism entry – Leonard Hinton – at the Catholic church in Bultfontein by Father Hidien. 9 July 1891, A big explosion occurs at De Beers Head ...
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