On May 9th in US Political History
Part IV
On May 9th in 1993 Major flooding began in the Mississippi Valley. 1700 square miles flooded in Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Total damage was later estimated at $20 billion.
On May 9th in 1995 President Clinton arrived in Moscow for a summit with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
On May 9th in 1995 The United States returned 13 Cuban boat people to their homeland, the first to be sent back under a new policy bitterly protested by Cuban-Americans.
On May 9th in 1996 In video testimony President Clinton insisted he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan at the heart of the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.
On May 9th in 2000 Senator John McCain endorsed Texas Governor George W. Bush for president.
On May 9th in 2000 Former four-term Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards was convicted of extortion schemes to manipulate the licensing of riverboat casinos. Edwards was sentenced in January, 2001, to ten years in prison and fined a quarter of a million dollars. (AP, 5/9/01)
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