UPDATED: 17/03/2020 17 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference second day. 17 March 1934, Prince George visits Kimberley. PRINCE GEORGE ARRIVES IN KIMBERLEY Prince George, the Duke of Kent, was the fifth child of King George ...
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UPDATED: 06/03/2020 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KIMBERLEY REGIMENT The Kimberley Regiment’s origins lie in the early diamond rush days in Kimberley in the 1870s. To ...
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UPDATED: 29/01/2020 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. EFFIGY OF CECIL RHODES BURNT ON STOCKDALE STREET That a month before ...
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UPDATED: 22/11/2019 22 November 1874, Police Constable Sam kills two prisoners. 22 November 1888, Foundation stone of the Masonic Temple in Dutoitspan Road laid. 22 November 1899, Shells land in the African refugee camp in the racecourse. 22 November 1976, Harry Oppenheimer ...
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UPDATE: 14/11/2019 14 November 1901, The renovated, improved Wesley Church re-opens in West End. WESLEYANS IN EARLY KIMBERLEY Some of the [early] diggers [in Kimberley] were Wesleyans and endeavoured to keep up the forms of religion. The Rev. J. Thorne ...
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UPDATE: 30/08/2019 30 August 1890, Foundation stone laid for the new Municipal complex in Stockdale Street. DID YOU KNOW Two postcards circa 1907 are depicted showing quite clearly the Kimberley municipal compound (complex) at the time. Both photographs are taken ...
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27 August 1914, Kimberley Defence Rifle Association formed. 27 August 1916, SA rugby player and cricketer Tony Harris born. DID YOU KNOW Terence Anthony Harris, known to all and sundry as Tony, was born in Barkly West on 27 August ...
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UPDATED: 07/08/2018 7 August 1873, Thespian band enliven cricket match at Barkly West with music. 7 August 1889, Pirate King George Danford, founder of the Pirates Club, leaves Kimberley. 7 August 2003, World renowned poet and former CBC pupil Frank Prince (pictured) ...
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UPDATED: 31/07/2019 31 July 1886, Railway Station opens. 31 July 1897, First competition for the Rhodes Challenge Cup at the Kimberley Golf Club. 31 July 1901, Foundation stone of the new Jewish Synagogue laid by Gustav Bonas. 31 July 1908, Mining of ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2019 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster (pictured) dies. Also pictured is Lyster winning the SA Junior Championships 100 yards at the De Beers ...
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