UPDATED: 13/05/2022 13 May 1888, Telegraphist Alfred Cogill dies. 13 May 1908, Dedication of new St Cyprian’s Church. 13 May 1915, Anti-German riots after sinking of SS Lusitania. 13 May 1980, The Kimberley Drive-In theatre opens to all races. Mob ...
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UPDATED: 11/05/2022 11 May 1879, Advocate James Halkett dies aged 36 years. 11 May 1881, Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company now the largest company in the Kimberley Mine. 11 May 1968, ZK Matthews (pictured) dies in Washington USA. 11 May ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2022 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. Inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape Hazel ...
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UPDATED: 05/05/2022 Assuredly something historically important happened in Kimberley on this day, but the information has not yet been found. The research continues… Today in South Africa’s history the following occurred: 5 May 1897, Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Cape ...
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3 May 1875, Frank Cooper murders Bill Williams after love triangle problem. Cooper raised murder into a fine art Frank Cooper, arrested in Lichtenburg nearly two weeks after fatally shooting William Williams, was brought back to Kimberley and into the ...
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UPDATED: 29/04/2022 29 April 1884, The Miners strike in Kimberley ends in disaster with seven white miners shot dead by police and militia. 29 April 1901, 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment arrive in Kimberley. 29 April 1927, KHS Old Boys Union ...
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UPDATED: 26/04/2022 26 April 1874, SA cricketer James Anderson born. 26 April 1915, 2nd Battalion Kimberley Regiment suffers losses at Trekkopjes, SWA. 26 April 1932, The Transvaal Road Police station siege ends in the killer policeman Christoffel Viljoen being shot ...
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UPDATED: 20/04/2022 20 April 1886, Gladstone Hotel near the railway station opens. The Gladstone suburb – now De Beers suburb That the current suburb known as De Beers was first named Gladstone after the English Prime Minister of the time, ...
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UPDATED: 13/04/2022 13 April 1898, The Town Council approves the new Town Hall to be built on Market Square. 13 April 1900, Tolls end in Kimberley after being gazetted. 13 April 1917, Springbok Septimus Ledger killed in action at Arras. ...
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UPDATED: 07/04/2022 7 April 1881, JB Robinson takes his seat in the Cape Legislative Assembly. 7 April 1904, Gladstone Park opens. 7 April 1972, SA cricketer Gerhardus Liebenberg born in Upington. The Artist Philip Bawcombe Philip William Bawcombe was born ...
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