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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 11 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 11/11/2025 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 4 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 04/11/2025 4 November 1899, General C.J. Wessels (pictured) demands immediate surrender of Kimberley. 4 November 1927, City Hall architect…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 23 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 23/09/2025 23 September 1871, Theatre Royal in Dutoitspan Village opens. 23 September 1887, The Queen’s Theatre opens. 23 September 1918, The…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 SEPTEMBER
12 September 1944, Lt Lafase Moolman dies after his Oxford aeroplane crashes during night training at 21 Air Flying School.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 14 AUGUST
UPDATED: 14/08/2025 14 August 1882, Kimberley Club (pictured) opens for business. 14 August 1886, Alfred Schlemmer is the first rugby…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 29 JULY
UPDATED: 29/07/2025 29 July 1878, A 201 carat diamond, a perfect octahedron, found in Dutoitspan mine. 29 July 1911, Uncle…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 JUNE
UPDATED: 20/06/2025 20 June 1882, St Mary’s Catholic school for boys opens on Currey Street. 20 June 1884, George Stanley,…
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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 27 MAY
27 MAY 1886, Artist Harry Stratford Caldecott (pictured) born in Kimberley. 27 MAY 2004, Well-known journalist Barbara Kiddie dies Kimberley…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 06 MAY
UPDATED: 06/05/2025 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street.…
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