UPDATED: 14/08/2019 14 August 1882, Kimberley Club (pictured) opens for business. 14 August 1886, Alfred Schlemmer is the first rugby player in the world to die from injuries sustained on the field of play. 14 August 1914, The Kimberley Mine ...
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UPDATED: 29/07/2019 29 July 1878, A 201 carat diamond, a perfect octahedron, found in Dutoitspan mine. 29 July 1911, ‘Uncle’ Dobbin (pictured) presented with the rugby Currie Cup after Griquas defeat Eastern province 16-0, the side winning six games and ...
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UPDATED: 20/06/2019 20 June 1882, St Mary’s Catholic school for boys opens on Currey Street. 20 June 1884, George Stanley, the first white man to be executed in Kimberley, hanged at the Transvaal Road gaol together with Samuel Trott. 20 June ...
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27 MAY 1886, Artist Harry Stratford Caldecott (pictured) born in Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW The artist Harry Stratford (Strat) Caldecott Junior was born in Kimberley on 27 May 1886, and died in Wynberg, Cape Town on 12 December 1929. “Strat” ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2019 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins (pictured) inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. DID YOU KNOW Hazel Gertrude Jenkins is ...
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27 March 1902, Flags fly at half-mast in respect of the late Cecil John Rhodes. Pictured is the Death Mask of Cecil Rhodes, believed to made by the sculptor John Tweed. This original mask was stolen from the cottage at ...
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25 MARCH 1885, Reverend J.D. Kestell (pictured) becomes the minister for the Dutch Reformed Newton congregation. 25 MARCH 1898, Rhodes presents his portrait by Herkomer to the Kimberley Club. 25 MARCH 1908, De Beers Rugby Football Club takeover the Rhodes ...
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UPDATED: 20/03/2019 20 March 1946, Famous author Henry Vollam Morton visits Kimberley while working on his forthcoming book In Search of South Africa. 20 March 1964, CBC pupil Sean Michael Cleary is the Northern Cape winner of the “Shakespeare” contest ...
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UPDATED: 11/03/2019 11 March 1926, Kimberley-born James Henry “Biddy” Anderson, SA cricketer and SA rugby international, dies. DID YOU KNOW Written by Abhishek Mukherjee, the Chief Editor at Cricket Country and CricLife. Edited. James Henry ‘Biddy’ Anderson, born April 26, ...
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13 February 1946, Joseph van Praagh, Pioneer of Rhodesia dies. DID YOU KNOW Joseph Van Praagh (pictured) was born in the County of Middlesex, England on 15 July 1864 and died in Kimberley on 13 February 1946. He was a ...
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