1. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington D.C. Hinckley had lived in Tennessee for several years prior to the assassination attempt.

2. March 30, 1867, marked the date when the Tennessee state legislature abolished the system of convict leasing. The practice had allowed for-profit companies to use prisoners for labor, often in dangerous and inhumane conditions.

3. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act, which created the largest public power company in the United States, was signed into law on March 30, 1933. The TVA helped to provide electricity and economic development to rural areas of the South, including Tennessee.

4. On March 30, 1926, the Tennessee legislature approved the design of the state flag. The flag features three stars representing the three grand divisions of Tennessee (West, Middle, and East), as well as horizontal bands of red, white, and blue.

5. Tennessee native Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio to become an Olympic gold medalist in track and field, died on March 30, 1994. Rudolph, who was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.