85-81: Roe v. Wade Overturned

85: Former President Theodore Roosevelt is shot on his way to a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Not only did Roosevelt survive but he gave (an abridged version of) the speech

84: The Supreme Court decides in Roe v. Wade that states could no longer ban abortions

83: The Supreme Court rules that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion this decision overrules 1973’s Roe v Wade and 1992’s Planned Parenthood v Casey. The issue of abortion is returned to the states ft. Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and co-author of Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present, and Future of a Constitutional Right to Abortion, Geoffrey R. Stone.

82: The U.S. begins work on the Panama Canal

81: Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces launch the Tet Offensive, though a tactical defeat for the Vietcong forces, it is successful in driving US public opinion against the war ft. Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington Post Columnist, and NYT Bestselling Author of Reagan: His Life and Legend, Max Boot.