UPDATED: 31/07/2024 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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30 July 1870, Stafford Parker (pictured) elected as President of the Digger’s Republic in Klipdrift (Barkly West). Pictured is Stafford Parker, Parker’s music hall in Klipdrift (Barkly West) the Australian Arms in Kimberley, as well as the flag of the short-lived ...
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UPDATED: 29/07/2024 29 July 1878, A 201 carat diamond, a perfect octahedron, found in Dutoitspan mine. 29 July 1911, Uncle Dobbin (pictured) presented with the rugby Currie Cup after Griquas defeat Eastern province 16-0, the side winning six games and ...
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UPDATED: 26/07/2024 26 July 1996, Five men die when plane crashes at the Prison grounds. 26 July 2000, Brian Hermanus, world-rated swimmer from the apartheid years, killed in car accident. He was the MEC for Sport Arts and Culture. World ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2024 25 July 1901, Original Synagogue on Dutoitspan Road sold on public auction. 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, (pictured) art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster dies. (Pictured is ...
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UPDATED: 24/07/2024 24 July 1878, The battle of Takoon. (Pictured are Luka Jantjie and Charles Warren.) The battle of Takoon, 1878 The battle of Dithakong – also known as Takoon, Litako or Lattakoo was one of the decisive actions of ...
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UPDATED: 23/07/2024 23 July 1887, Kimberley Public Library opens. 23 July 1901, The death of Joseph Pratley of Beaconsfield. 23 July 1925, The Prince of Wales visits Kimberley. 23 July 1980, Jimmy Tau, SA soccer star, born in Kimberley. Public ...
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22 July 1875, Richard Giddy Lodge No 1574 has its first meeting at the Treasury. 22 July 1931, Abantu-Batho Hall (pictured) opens. Sol Plaatje and the opening of the Abantu-Batho Hall The Abantu-Batho Hall, now the Galeshewe Centre, was opened ...
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UPDATED: 19/07/2024 19 July 1897, An Indian trader named Kaledin, murdered in the Malay Camp. An unsolved murder. 19 July 1917, Two Kimberley men drown in the Thames river, London. 19 July 1946, Man dies after falling into the De ...
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18 July 1874, SA cricketer Bertie Powell born. 18 July 1878, The Thompson family attacked by Kgosi Galeshewe’s force at Cornforth Hill. 18 July 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines pays Barney Barnato £5 338 650.00 for his Kimberley Mine. 18 ...
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