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Calender
of MI Events
January 1997
March of
Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month
Autism Awareness Month
1 |
New
Years Day (221st Year of American
Independence) (Federal Holiday) |
1 |
INSCOM organized, 1977
(20th Anniversary) |
3 |
U.S. forces cornered
Noriega and forced him to surrender (1990) |
16 |
Operation DESERT STORM,
the air campaign of the Gulf War, launched (1991) |
20 |
Birth anniversary of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Federal Holiday) |
29 |
Battle of Khafji
produced captured Iraqi equipment for
exploitation including the T-55 tanks with add-on
armor (1991) |
31 |
U.S. Army Intelligence
school established in Okinawa to train allied
intelligence officer personnel (1958) |
February 1997
American
History Month
Black History Month
1 |
National Freedom Day |
2 |
Groundhog Day |
7 |
1st Lt. George K.
Sisler posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
He was the first member of the MI Branch to
receive the honor. (1967) |
15 |
"Remember the
Maine" Day. American battleship Maine was
blown up while anchored in Havana harbor, losing
260 crew members (1898) |
17 |
Presidents Day (Federal Holiday) |
24 |
Operation DESERT SABER
(ground campaign) began, 1991 |
28 |
Cease fire called in
Gulf War, 1991 |
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