UPDATED: 13/05/2019 13 May 1888, Telegraphist Alfred Cogill dies. 13 May 1915, Anti-German riots after sinking of RMS Lusitania. 13 May 1980, The Kimberley Drive-In theatre opens to all races. DID YOU KNOW The Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania was ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2019 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins (pictured) inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. DID YOU KNOW Hazel Gertrude Jenkins is ...
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3 May 1875, Frank Cooper murders Bill Williams after love triangle problem. DID YOU KNOW Frank Cooper, arrested in Lichtenburg nearly two weeks after fatally shooting William “Bill” Williams, was brought back to Kimberley and into the prison when the gallows ...
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UPDATED: 02/05/2019 2 May 1881, First railway in Kimberley, a privately owned service line from the Kimberley Mine to the Floors depositing area using four locomotives and several wagons, starts operating. (Pictured is a section of the original Kimberley Central ...
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UPDATED: 29/04/2019 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: 26/04/2019 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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UPDATE: 24/04/2019 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. DID YOU KNOW The white miners at all four Kimberley mines went on strike in April 1884 because ...
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UPDATED: 18/04/2019 18 April 1860, Title deeds to the farm Vooruitzicht granted to the De Beers brothers. 18 April 1900, Fire in Roper Street kills one person. 18 April 1947, British Royal family visit Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW It was ...
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UPDATED: 12/04/2019 12 April 1872, Historian George Beet arrives in Kimberley. 12 April 1875, Black Flag rebellion led by Alfred Aylward starts. 12 April 1878, Sir William Solomon admitted to the Cape Bar. 12 April 1887, Kimberley Boys and Girls ...
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UPDATED: 10/04/2019 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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