Sri Chinmoy offers a large public meditation at 7:30 p.m. at All Angel's Church in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and a solo concert, called  ‘Peace in the Park – Solo Performance’, at 7 p.m., held in the Seuffert Bandshell amphitheatre in Forest Park, Queens, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (312) at the Town Hall in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Culture from Donetsk University, Ukraine.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best in the two-handed volleyball throw of 14.20 metres, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Bolivia, Costa Rica, Lesotho and the Netherlands are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Bosnia-Herzegovina is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 18 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy recounts two stories about Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 40 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves his heaviest multi-person platform lift – 6 women totalling 878 lbs. – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 74 pianos for his 74th birthday, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. He begins at 11:07 a.m. starting with ‘The Invocation’. 

A stamp featuring a photograph of Sri Chinmoy meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1988 is issued by the Republic of Zambia as part of a four-stamp commemorative set (Sheetlet II of 4xK3300) in memory of the Pontiff’s passing.