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1973
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1 JANUARY
The European Union admitted Britain, Ireland and Denmark.
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8 JANUARY
The trial of Watergate burglars began in Washington, DC.
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14 JANUARY
Elvis Presley gave a concert in Hawaii. It was the first worldwide telecast by an entertainer.
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15 JANUARY
President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all US offensive action in North Vietnam.
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20 JANUARY
President Nixon was inaugurated for his second term.
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22 JANUARY
Former US President Lyndon B. Johnson (held office 1963-69) died at age 64.
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27 JANUARY
The first issue of Meditation at the United Nations magazine was published in New York.
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27 JANUARY
A cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam.
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28 JANUARY
Peace Accords were signed in Paris between the US, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and South Vietnamese revolutionaries.
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14 FEBRUARY-7 MARCH
Sri Chinmoy gave a series of 4 lectures on Kundalini Yoga at New York University. These were published the next year in Kundalini: The Mother-Power.
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22 FEBRUARY
The US and Communist China agreed to establish liaison offices.
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MARCH
The Mahavishnu Orchestra released the album Birds of Fire. The title is from Sri Chinmoy’s poem ‘Revelation’.
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3 MARCH
Singer Roberta Flack received a Grammy Award for ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’.
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7 MARCH
Sheikh Mujibar Rahman (1920-1975) was elected first Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
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17 MARCH
Pink Floyd released their album ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ in the US.
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23 MARCH
The US performed a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
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23 MARCH-20 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy wrote a series of 1,000 poems,  later published as The Dance of Life.
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28 MARCH-2 MAY
Sri Chinmoy gave a series of 6 lectures at Columbia University, New York.
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29 MARCH
The last US troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnamese War. The War had resulted in the deaths of 58,167 Americans, 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and 2 million civilians.
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APRIL
Mother Teresa was awarded the inaugural Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.
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3 APRIL
The first handheld cellular phone call was made by Martin Cooper in New York City.
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4 APRIL
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to mark the completion of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. They became the tallest buildings in the world.
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15 APRIL
An article about Sri Chinmoy appeared in The New York Times.
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3 MAY
The Sears Tower in Chicago was completed. It became the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center Towers.
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25 MAY
Former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant attended the première of Sri Chinmoy’s play Siddhartha Becomes the Buddha in White Plains, New York.
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30 MAY
Sri Chinmoy dedicated a Meditation Tree at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
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30 MAY
Erskine Childers (1905-1974) was elected as the 4th President of Ireland.
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11 JUNE-4 JULY
Sri Chinmoy gave a series of 11 lectures at universities in England, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland and Germany. They were published the following year in My Rose Petals, Part 2.
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15 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy had a private meeting with President Eamon de Valera of Ireland.
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19 JUNE
President Nixon met with Russia’s leader Leonid Brezhnev in the White House.
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27 JUNE
Sri Chinmoy’s second audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican.
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JULY
Mahavishnu John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana released the album Love Devotion Surrender in the US. The title is drawn from Sri Chinmoy’s writings.
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10 JULY
The Bahamas became independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.
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19 JULY
France resumed nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
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28 JULY
The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, a massive rock festival, attracted over 600,000 fans.
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AUGUST
The Mahavishnu Orchestra released the album Between Nothingness and Eternity. The title is from a poem by Sri Chinmoy of the same name.
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27 AUGUST
Sri Chinmoy held an 8-hour meditation in New York to celebrate his 42nd birthday.
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28 AUGUST
USSR performed an underground nuclear test, while France performed another nuclear test at Muruora Island.
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20 SEPTEMBER
Tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets in the nationally televised ‘The Battle of the Sexes’ tournament in Houston, Texas.
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20 SEPTEMBER
Sri Chinmoy and legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar met for the first time at the home of Mahavishnu John McLaughlin in Queens, New York.
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22 SEPTEMBER
Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) was sworn in as US Secretary of State.
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2 OCTOBER
Sri Chinmoy offered a programme in honour of Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations.
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6 OCTOBER
The Yom Kippur Arab-Israeli War began.
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7 OCTOBER
Sri Chinmoy wrote 150 poems in 24 hours.
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17 OCTOBER
The Arab States imposed an oil embargo against countries supporting Israel, triggering an energy crisis.
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17 OCTOBER
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan gave a private concert on sarod for Sri Chinmoy and his students in Queens, New York.
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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
Sri Chinmoy completed a second series of 1,000 poems for the year. It was published the following year as The Wings of Light.
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20 OCTOBER
Queen Elizabeth II opened the Sydney Opera House.
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22 OCTOBER
Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist, conductor and composer, died in Puerto Rico at age 96.
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26 OCTOBER
Sri Chinmoy offered a tribute to President John F. Kennedy of the USA and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India at the United Nations.
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6 NOVEMBER
Abraham D. Beame (1906-2001) was elected Mayor of New York City.
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11 NOVEMBER
Egypt and Israel signed a US-sponsored cease-fire accord.
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28 DECEMBER
The Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carlos Romero Barceló, presented Sri Chinmoy with the Key to the City.
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During 1973
Sri Chinmoy wrote full-length plays on Sri Krishna, Sri Ramachandra, the Buddha, Sri Chaitanya, the Christ and Sri Ramakrishna.
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During 1973
Sri Chinmoy’s Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita was published by Rudolph Steiner, New York.
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During 1973
Sri Chinmoy’s book of essays about Indian luminaries, Mother India’s Lighthouse, was published by Rudolph Steiner, New York.
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During 1973
Sri Chinmoy’s book The Supreme and His Four Children was published by Fleet Press Corp., New York.
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