Kimberley Light Horse
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 19 AUGUST
UPDATED: 19/08/2026 19 August 1876, Kimberley Light Horse formed. 19 August 2000, Harry Oppenheimer dies. The death of Harry Oppenheimer…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 3 AUGUST
3 August 1840, Sir Joseph B Robinson Bart, born. 3 August 1870, ZAR (Transvaal) President Pretorius has a claim at…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 JUNE
UPDATED: 17/06/2026 17 June 1871, Carl Lotz discovers a 93 carat diamond at Bultfontein mine. Kimberley citizens die on the…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 06 MARCH
UPDATED: 06/03/2026 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. DID YOU KNOW…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 06 FEBRUARY
6 February 1899, The Kimberley Rifles and the Diamond Fields Horse amalgamate to form the Kimberley Regiment of Volunteers. THE…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 12 NOVEMBER
UPDATE 12/11/2025 12 NOVEMBER 1907, A child dies after being hit by a tram on the municipal tramline on Barkly…
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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 24 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 24/10/2025 24 October 1899, The first action of the siege of Kimberley at Dronfield farm Pictured is the Centenary…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 OCTOBER
17 October 1871, The Keate Award made public. 17 October 1918, Champion golfer of the Diamond Fields Robert S Chatfield…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 14 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 14/10/2025 14 October 1899, The siege of Kimberley begins. It will last 124 days Telegraphic communications cut with outside…
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