Calender of MI Events
January 1997
March of
Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month
Autism Awareness Month
| 1 | New Year’s 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 | President’s Day (Federal Holiday) |
| 24 | Operation DESERT SABER (ground campaign) began, 1991 |
| 28 | Cease fire called in Gulf War, 1991 |
