Portal:Biography/Did you know/13

... that Prince Antasari (pictured), who led a war against Dutch colonists for over three years, was ultimately defeated by smallpox?
... that Tonya Butler, while playing for the University of West Alabama under head coach Randy Pippin, became the first female to score a field goal in an NCAA college football game?
... that the partitioning of the state of Jin, during the reign of Duke Chu, is often considered the start of China's Warring States period?
... that Shlomo Moussaieff owns rare gemstones worth millions of dollars, including a flawless blue diamond and the world's largest known red diamond?
... that baseball pitcher Darin Downs had to regain the ability to speak after being hit in the head by a batted ball?
... that in
2013, Singaporean politician Desmond Lim
set a new record for the lowest percentage garnered in an election since the independence of Singapore in 1965?

... that due to his role in the
national uprising, Bahraini human rights activist Mohammed al-Maskati
received a number of death threats?