Sri Chinmoy visited Canada where he gave two university lectures – in Montreal and Ottawa.
20 FEBRUARY
Muhammad Alisuccessfully defended his world heavyweight boxing title in Puerto Rico.
22 FEBRUARY
The US performed a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
28 FEBRUARY
Sri Chinmoy left New York for his first visit to Australia. He gave 10 lectures in Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide – later published in My Heart's Salutation To Australia, Part 1 and Part 2.
3 MARCH
Mozambique closed its border with Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
3 MARCH
Sri Chinmoy met with the Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australia, Sir Ernest Lee-Steere, and planted a rose bush for world peace at the Nedlands Memorial Rose Gardens.
5 MARCH
Britain decided to retain rule in Northern Ireland indefinitely.
10 MARCH
Sri Chinmoy first began playing the Western flute during a trip to Healesville Sanctuary outside Melbourne.
11 MARCH
Sri Chinmoy met with Australian Olympic middle-distance runner Ron Clarkein Melbourne.
12 MARCH
Sri Chinmoy met with Bishop Phillip Kennedy of Adelaide and was interviewed on This Day Tonight show, where he played his esraj on television for the first time.
13 MARCH
Sri Chinmoy returned to New York via Pondicherry, India, where he stayed with his family.
16 MARCH
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced his resignation.
24 MARCH
In Argentina, the military overthrew the government of Isabel Peron.
1 APRIL
Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak founded Apple Computer.
3 APRIL
A new gallery of Sri Chinmoy's paintings opened in Soho, Manhattan.
5 APRIL
James Callaghan became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
5 APRIL
Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at an inter-religious observation of the World Day of Prayer held at the UN.
13 APRIL
The US Federal Reserve began issuing $2 bills bearing a portrait of Thomas Jefferson. The $2 series was discontinued in 1996.
13 APRIL
Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at Carnegie Hall, Manhattan.
21 APRIL
Sri Chinmoy offered a talk on the Buddha at the United Nations.
29 APRIL
Sri Chinmoy painted a 12’ x 27’ canvas called Larger than the Largest.
APRIL
Sri Chinmoy’s play The Sacred Fire (dedicated to the American Bicentennial) was performed at the rotunda of the Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
APRIL
An entry about Sri Chinmoy appeared in Current Biography Yearbook 1976.
26 MAY
Sri Chinmoy received a special citation from the NY Bicentennial Commission for offerings during the Bicentennial Year.
7 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy met with sculptor Henry Mooreat his home in Hertfordshire, England.
9 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy had a private meeting with Pope Paul VIat Vatican City. This was his third meeting with the Pope.
11-21 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy offered 6 university lectures in Switzerland, Scotland and England.
12 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy planted a Tree of Meditation (an Himalayan Pine) in Rieter Park, Zurich.
Brian Gormley, Dean of the School of Visual Arts in NY, presented Sri Chinmoy with its ‘Contribution to the Arts’ award.
26 JUNE
The CN Tower in Toronto, the world’s tallest free-standing structure at 553m, opened to the public.
26 JUNE
Inspired by Sri Chinmoy, a group of runners set out from the Statue of Liberty on an 8,800-mile ‘Liberty Torch Relay Run’ across America to celebrate the US Bicentennial.
27 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy began cycling again for the first time since he came to the West.
JUNE
The Sacred Fire was performed for a Heritage Festival at Rockefeller Plaza in NY.
2 JULY
North and South Vietnam were officially reunited.
4 JULY
Bicentennial Celebrations took place across the US to mark 200 years of independence.
4 JULY
The Puerto Rican Socialist Party led 50,000 marchers in Philadelphia to demand a “Bicentennial without colonies” and independence for Puerto Rico.
4 JULY
Sri Chinmoy conducted a 13-hour public meditation at the Bandshell in New York’s Central Park in honour of the Bicentennial.
10 JULY
Sri Chinmoy offered an outdoor concert at the Damrosch Amphitheatre at New York’s Lincoln Center.
11 JULY
Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at an ecumenical service for delegates to the Democratic National Convention and his play The Sacred Fire was performed.
15 JULY
Indonesia annexed East Timor. The act was not recognised by the UN.
16 JULY
Sri Chinmoy met with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheimin his office.
17 JULY
The Summer Olympics opened in Montreal.
19 JULY
Governor Hernández Colón of Puerto Rico declared Sri Chinmoy “a Distinguished Guest and Honorary Resident of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
20 JULY
The Viking 1 robot spaceship made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars.
31 JULY
American boxer ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard (b. 1956) won an Olympic gold medal in Montreal.
JULY
During the Olympic gymnastics competition, Nadia Comăneciof Romania scored 7 perfect tens and won 3 gold medals.
1 AUGUST
Trinidad and Tobago became a republic.
3 AUGUST
Sri Chinmoy’s song O My America was performed at the Mets vs. Montreal baseball game at Shea Stadium, NY.
7 AUGUST
Sri Chinmoy drew ‘The Golden Boat’, which became the emblem of the Sri Chinmoy Centres.
14 AUGUST
10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrated for peace in Northern Ireland.
14 AUGUST
Sri Chinmoy received a commendation from the President’s Council on Sports and Physical Fitness for his offering to sport in the USA.
16 AUGUST
The Liberty Torch runners completed their historic journey on the steps of Federal Hall in Manhattan, where they were greeted by NY's Mayor Beame, Police Chief Carl Ravens and a representative of NY’s Governor Carey.
21 AUGUST
Sri Chinmoy offered a 7-hour public meditation at All Angels’ Church, Manhattan.
25 AUGUST
Jacques Chirac resigned as Prime Minister of France.
25 AUGUST
At a Sports Day for his students, Sri Chinmoy ran 100 metres in 14.7 sec, threw the 8-lb shot put 9.21m, the 1-kg discus 27.9m and javelin 28.19m.
26 AUGUST–3 SEPTEMBER
There was an exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s original paintings at a gallery on Greene St, Manhattan.
27 AUGUST
On the occasion of his 45th birthday, Sri Chinmoy performed on 27 different musical instruments.
27 AUGUST
Queens Borough President Donald Manes declared the day 'Sri Chinmoy Day' in honour of Sri Chinmoy’s birthday. The proclamation was read out by NY City Councilman Morton Povman.
27 AUGUST
Mayor Abraham Beame extended the official appreciation of the people of the City of New York to Sri Chinmoy on his 45th birthday.
29 AUGUST
Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at the annual convention of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Princeton University Chapel.
9 SEPTEMBER
Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist Party Chairman (1949-76) died in Beijing at age 82.
17 SEPTEMBER
Sri Chinmoy and members of the UN Meditation group observed the anniversary of Dag Hammarskjöld’s death in the Meditation Room of the UN (which the Secretary-General had designed).
25 SEPTEMBER
The rock band U2 was formed in Dublin.
28 SEPTEMBER
Muhammad Ali defeated Ken Norton to retain his world heavyweight boxing title.
1 OCTOBER
The Great Seal of the State of California was presented to Sri Chinmoy by March Fong Eu, Secretary of State, as a “token of lasting friendship” and an exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings opened at One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco.
4 OCTOBER
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings was held in the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland in conjunction with a talk by Janaka Alan Spence.
16 OCTOBER
Vasant Rai performed on sarod at a private concert for Sri Chinmoy and his students.
24 OCTOBER
Sri Chinmoy left New York for a visit to Puerto Rico.
26 OCTOBER
Sri Chinmoy was named an Official Guest of Honour of Ponce, Puerto Rico by Mayor Luis Morales. He also planted a meditation tree in Ponce and offered an esraj concert at the Museo del Arte.
27 OCTOBER
Mayor Angel Berrios of Caguas, Puerto Rico, proclaimed the day Sri Chinmoy Day. Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert at the Casa Blanca Concert Hall in Caguas.
28 OCTOBER
Sri Chinmoy had a meeting with the President of the Puerto Rican Senate, Juan Cancel Rios; he offered a private meditation and esraj performance for the Governor of Puerto Rico, Rafael Hernández Colón, and his wife; and he offered an esraj concert at the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory.
OCTOBER
Mairead Corrigan Maguire was a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to stop the bloodshed in Northern Ireland.
1 NOVEMBER
Mayor George Moscone of San Francisco proclaimed this day ‘Sri Chinmoy Day’ in honour of Sri Chinmoy’s visit.
4 NOVEMBER
Sri Chinmoy attended the opening of an exhibition of his paintings in San Francisco.
1-7 NOVEMBER
A display of 200 of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opened in the foyer of City Hall, Ottawa, at the invitation of Mayor Lorry Greenberg. Sri Chinmoy donated one of his paintings to the City and it subsequently hung in the office of the Mayor.
2 NOVEMBER
Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald R. Ford to become the 39th President of the USA.
9 NOVEMBER
The UN General Assembly approved ten resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa.
13 NOVEMBER
Sri Chinmoy opened an exhibition of his paintings in Washington DC.
18 NOVEMBER
Sri Chinmoy left NY for Ottawa where he gave an esraj concert at the Museum of Man. A number of his paintings were on display for the occasion.
19 NOVEMBER
Sri Chinmoy returned to Room 233 of the Sheraton El Mirador Hotel in Ottawa where he had done his first painting, a red rose, two years previously.
Sri Chinmoy met with Abraham Beame, Mayor of the City of New York. Mayor Beame accepted Sri Chinmoy’s gift of his 300 books on behalf of the New York Public Library.
18 DECEMBER
Sri Chinmoy offered a special New Year’s meditation for the public at Hunter College, New York.
20 DECEMBER
Sri Chinmoy departed for a spiritual retreat in Miami with his students.
