Sri Chinmoy holds a reception for Abraham Beame, Mayor of New York City, at the Sri Chinmoy Gallery, Grand Central Station, in New York, NY, USA. A song, entitled ‘O Great Pilot Mayor Beame’, composed by Sri Chinmoy in honour of the mayor, is also performed.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Past Has Fast Faded Behind Us’, at the University of California in Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Superiority’, after a morning sports practice at Jamaica High School track, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy presents Yiannis Kouros, with the winner’s trophy for his victory in the Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Road Race held on a one-mile loop course in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY, USA. Yiannis had run through the battering storms of Hurricane Gloria to record a new world record of 178 miles.

Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital (10) at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Osaka, Japan. Listen on Radio Sri Chinmoy...

Sri Chinmoy lifts several Olympians, including Roger Kingdom, 1984 and 1988 Olympic gold medallist in 110 metres hurdles, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (201) at the University of California in Irvine CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Henry Kissinger, 1973 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, at the United Nations Church Centre in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifts H.E. Mary Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica, at the Bosendorfer Centre in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Guido De Marco, President of the UN General Assembly and Deputy Prime Minister of Malta, at Annam-Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts and plays tennis with Jason McManus, Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. — the publishers of over 100 magazine brands, including Time magazine and Sports Illustrated — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Mircea Snegur, President of Moldova, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performs 22 songs on the cello for his 22nd cello anniversary, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Pir Zia Inayat Khan, President of the Sufi Order International North America, son of Pir Vilayat Khan, at the Abode of the Message in New Lebanon, NY, USA.