Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘How To Conquer Doubt’, at the University of Dundee, in Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Sri Chinmoy opens the first-ever ‘International Day of Thanksgiving’ celebration with a short meditation, at the United Nations in New York. The event includes multi-lingual performances by representatives of several different nations.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at the High School of Art and Design, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Arthur J. Ranasinghe, Minister of State for Information, Sri Lanka, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, and gives a private esraj performance at the Presidential Palace in Prague, Czech Republic.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (442)— the 42nd of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nationsperforming on 150 instruments in a total of 13 hours, 40 minutes, in six sessions that included brief intermissions, at Public School 117 in Briarwood, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy offers talks at the beginning and end of the performance for an additional 33 minutes. The total time of the function is 14 hours, 15 minutes.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (471) in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 300 lbs. (more than double his bodyweight of 145 lbs.), using only one arm, 100 times in 3 minutes, 44 seconds in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Mrs. Shashi Tripathi, Consul General of India in New York City, at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, Queens, New York.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, Turkey.