Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘You or I?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 1 mile (6:23) at the Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy receives a Certificate of Merit from the Government of Canada.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Amritananda Russell Barber, WNBC Television Producer; and Bev Francis, six-time Women’s World Power Lifting Champion in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy opens an exhibition of Soul-Birds drawings at 66 Crosby St,​ ​​​​​​in Soho, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers his soulful words of “blessingful love, blessingful joy and blessingful pride,” to the participants of the first annual Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race — 12 June-1 August — at the Awards Ceremony held at Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica New York, NY, USA.

Mt. Everest is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 32 members of the Italian soccer team AC Milan at Giants Stadium in Secaucus, NJ, USA.