March 15
1869
First federal women’s suffrage amendment ever introduced in U.S. Congress.
1907
Finland became the first European country to allow women to vote.
1938
Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia
1970
During a second attempt by Native American activists to occupy Fort Lawton, 78 protesters were arrested. They were demanding the City of Seattle give the unused facility back to Native Americans.
Indians demonstrating at Fort Lawton
1993
The United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador concluded that most of the murder and human rights abuses during its civil war had been committed by the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government through its various military and security and allied paramilitary organizations.
The Complete Report
15-Mar Activists across Britain stage supermarket protests against genetically engineered foods. (1997)
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 