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Beograd (right) after being captured in 1941
Beograd (right) after being captured in 1941

Beograd was the lead ship of a class of destroyers built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy during the late 1930s. Commissioned on 28 April 1939, she was damaged by a near miss during an air attack following the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, and then captured by the Italians. After refitting, she saw extensive service with the Royal Italian Navy from August 1941 to September 1943, completing more than 100 convoy escort missions under the name Sebenico in the Mediterranean, mainly between Italy and the Aegean or North Africa. Following the Italian armistice in September 1943, she was captured by the German Navy and redesignated TA43. After serving with the 9th Torpedo Boat Flotilla on escort and minelaying duties in the northern Adriatic, she was sunk or scuttled at Trieste on 30 April or 1 May 1945, raised in June 1946, probably to remove her as a navigation hazard, and scuttled again either in July 1946 or in 1947. (This article is part of a featured topic: Ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy.)

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Mounted police maintaining order at the 1923 FA Cup final
Mounted police maintaining order at the 1923 FA Cup final
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The Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award is an honor that is presented by the music magazine Billboard to an artist or a group with "an enduring and exceptional career, encompassing artistic and personal contributions that have had a major impact on Latin music worldwide". The recipient is decided by the Billboard editorial committee. The Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award was first given to Morton Gould, the president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), during the fourth annual Billboard Latin Music Conference in 1993. Since 1994, the Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented during the Billboard Latin Music Awards. The accolade is usually awarded to a recording artist, but may be presented to industry figures who have helped raise the awareness of Spanish-language music globally, including Emilio Estefan (pictured), Ralph Mercado, and Jorge Pinos. (Full list...)

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Gabrielle Ray

Gabrielle Ray (28 April 1883 – 21 May 1973) was an English stage actress, dancer and singer, best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies. She was considered one of the most beautiful actresses on the London stage and became one of the most photographed women in the world. In the first decade of the 20th century, she had a good career in musical theatre. After an unsuccessful marriage, Ray returned to the stage, but she never recovered the fame that she had enjoyed. She later struggled with depression and spent her last 37 years in a mental hospital. This photograph of Ray was taken around 1910.

Photograph credit: Foulsham and Banfield; restored by Adam Cuerden

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