UPDATED: 11/01/2019 11 January 1905, Two books signed by Florence Nightingale donated to Library. 11 January 1916, 24 recently planted trees destroyed on Main Rd Beaconsfield. 11 January 1965, Body of five-year-old girl recovered from Otto’s Kopje mine. DID YOU ...
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Three men killed and four wounded in a shoot-out that starts at Market square and ends at the railway station. The perpetrator is mortally wounded.
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6 December 1890, First golf competition at the Kimberley Golf Club. 6 December 1890, Dr JE Mackenzie sets the first golf course record of 98. 6 December 1952, The William Humphreys Art Gallery opened by Harry Oppenheimer. DID YOU KNOW Mr ...
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19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King kills the one-armed Charles Murray in Dutoitspan village. 19 November 1892, Kimberley Town Bowling Club opens, the 2nd in SA. 19 ...
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UPDATED: 25/09/2018 25 September 1886, William Hendricks accidentally kills his wife Sophy after a drunken spree. He was found not guilty of murder. 25 September 1907, Alexander McGregor Museum officially opened. 25 September 1908, Salvation Army leader General William Booth, visits Kimberley. ...
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10 August 1917, Edmund Colpoys Lardner-Burke killed in action in East Africa. DID YOU KNOW Edmund Colpoys Lardner Burke was the fourth son of seven of solicitor Henry Dionysius Lardner Burke KC and Frances Charlotte Lardner Burke (nee Bain) of ...
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31 July 1886, Railway Station opens. 31 July 1897, First competition for the Rhodes Challenge Cup at the Kimberley Golf Club. 31 July 1901, Foundation stone of the new Jewish Synagogue laid by Gustave Bonas. 31 July 1908, Mining of blue ground ...
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UPDATED: 03/07/2018 3 July 1873, Reverend Gway Tyamzashe ordained the first black minister in Kimberley. 3 July 1890, The Kimberley Golf Club formed. 3 July 1901, Kimberley’s first motor car, a Panhard Levassor, hits the streets. 3 July 1901, Syce Moti of the Bengal ...
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UPDATED: 15/06/2018 15 June 1943, A four man delegation from Kimberley meets with General Smuts. (Pictured are two South African World War II posters circa 1940). DID YOU KNOW Kimberley’s dependence on diamonds once again came to the fore during ...
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UPDATED: 10/04/2018 10 April 1902, A 336½ carat diamond found at Otto’s Kopje mine. 10 April 1940, Foundation stone of the Salvation Army church laid. 10 April 1941, Mesdames Gouldie and Hodgson win the GW Bowls doubles title. 10 April ...
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