UPDATED: 24/01/2023 24 January 1900, Biggest bombardment of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege, Maggie Maddocks killed. 500 SHELLS FIRED INTO KIMBERLEY ON THIS DAY The Boer reply to the British 28.1 pounder Long Cecil gun took a few ...
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UPDATED: 01/04/2022 1 April 1898, Rhodes becomes a shareholder in the Diamond Fields Advertiser. 1 April 1914, De Beers Director Robert English dies. 1 April 1989, Hugh Baiocchi sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...
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