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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6 January 1983: Armed robbers make off with R14 000 from a business situated in Cheapside. 6 January 1983: Jan Jacob van der Westhuizen, the gunman responsible for the deaths of three people on 2 January 1983, dies in Kimberley ...
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UPDATED: 28/08/2018 28 August 1879, Cornerstone of the new St Cyprians Church (pictured) on Jones Street laid by Charles Warren. 28 August 2015, Northern Cape MEC of Education, Grizelda Cjiekella-Lecholo, dies suddenly. DID YOU KNOW St Cyprian’s Church in Jones Street ...
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7 February 1900, Famous British golfer, Freddie Tait, killed fighting Boers at the battle of Koodoosberg Drift. 7 February 1900, The Boer Long Tom fires into Kimberley for the first time at 11am. 7 February 1901, Military stores burnt out at the ...
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UPDATE: 10/02/2017 10 February 1887, St Alban’s Anglican Church consecrated. 10 February 1900, Funeral of George Labram. Pictured is a Long Tom gun used by the Boers; the barrel of Long Tom being shortened in the Pretoria workshops – this is ...
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