Kimberley Club
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 05 MAY
UPDATED: 05/05/2025 Assuredly something historically important happened in Kimberley on this day, but the information has not yet been found.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 JANUARY
UPDATED: 24/01/2025 24 January 1900, Biggest bombardment of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege, Maggie Maddocks killed. 500 SHELLS…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 15 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 15/11/2024 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 1 NOVEMBER
1 NOVEMBER 1886, Fire destroys the first Kimberley Club. 1 NOVEMBER 1899, De Beers’ dynamite magazine blown up at Dronfield.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 11 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 11/10/2024 11 October 1895, The second fire to destroy the Kimberley Club. 11 October 1899, The Anglo-Boer War starts…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 08 FEBRUARY
UPDATED: 08/02/2024 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 10 AUGUST
10 August 1917, Edmund Colpoys Lardner-Burke killed in action in East Africa. 10 August 1960, De Beers Yacht Club officially…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 JUNE
UPDATED: 15/06/2023 15 June 1943, A four man delegation from Kimberley meets with General Smuts. Kimberley during World War II…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 MAY
18 May 1876, The Lanyon Theatre opens. 18 May 1881, Meeting called to form the Kimberley Club. 18 May 1906,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 JUNE
UPDATED: 16/06/2020 16 June 1896, 14 Kimberley residents drown when SS Drummond Castle sinks, 1896 16 June 1998, Businessman Poddy…
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