1) On March 8, 1862, Union General William T. Sherman led a successful raid on the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad, cutting off Confederate supply lines and forcing their retreat from northern Alabama.

2) In 1877, suffragist and Tennessee native Abby Crawford Milton was born on March 8. She later founded the Tennessee League of Women Voters and fought for women's right to vote until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

3) On March 8, 1946, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, which had played a major role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, was officially incorporated as a federal facility.

4) Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist signed the state's historic preservation law on March 8, 1995. The law established the Tennessee Historical Commission and provided funding for the preservation of the state's historic sites and landmarks.

5) In 2018, the Tennessee Legislature passed a resolution on March 8 declaring the day as "Women's Veterans Day" in honor of the thousands of women who have served in the armed forces throughout the state's history.