AHA!!!! It works! Using this formula:
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($D$16,$A$18:$A$42,0)),"LQR",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($F$16,$A$18:$A$42,0)),"SOP","N/A"))
And changing the date to include DAYS I get the appropriate value!!!! Um...but I don't want to match the DAY of the evnet, jsut the MONTH of the event.