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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 15 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 15/11/2024 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 AUGUST
UPDATE: 30/08/2024 30 August 1890, Foundation stone laid for the new Municipal complex in Stockdale Street. The Municipal complex in…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 26 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 26/10/2023 26 OCTOBER 1888, Nazareth House opens on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER 1892, SA rugby player Harry Boyes dies tragically.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 5 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 05/10/2023 5 October 1894, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC born. 5 October 1895, Nazareth House Chapel opens for worship.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 JUNE
UPDATED: 16/06/2020 16 June 1896, 14 Kimberley residents drown when SS Drummond Castle sinks, 1896 16 June 1998, Businessman Poddy…
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Kimberley’s link to Aerial Warfare
DID YOU KNOW The use of aircraft in warfare came of age in the Great War, the intrepid flyers of…
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