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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 APRIL

UPDATED: 17/04/2026 17 April 1904, Memorial to the Cape Police who died in the Anglo-Boer War unveiled. 17 April 1935,…

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UPDATED: 01/10/2025 1 October 1881, Circus Proprietor Richard Bell dies. 1 October 1899, Six Black miners killed in a mud rush…

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27 June 1877, Kimberley Municipality formally constituted. 27 June 1882, Town Clerk JH Boag found not guilty of embezzlement. 27 June…

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UPDATED: 11/06/2025 11 June 1888, South Africa’s first War Memorial, the Beaconsfield Town Hall, opened. Pictured is the original building…

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UPDATE: 18/10/2024 18 October 1858, Wilfrid Gore-Brown, first Anglican Bishop of Kimberley. 18 October 1873, First execution on the diamond…

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9 August 1902, Foundation stone of St Edward the Confessor in Kenilworth laid. 9 August 1902, Trooping of the Colours…