Brief Chronology of Consulate Period

13 April 1964	Chinmoy Kumar Ghose arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. He was met by his sponsor, Sam Spanier, and his friend, Eric Hughes.
June 1964	Began work at the Indian Consulate in Manhattan.
June 1965	Performed three songs at the Guggenheim Museum, sponsored by the Asia Society.
27 August 1965	First issue of AUM Magazine.
4 October 1965	First lecture in the USA: given at Hicksville High School, on the same day that Pope Paul VI came to New York to speak at the UN.
10 November 1965	Letter from Dr. Radhakrishnan, President of India, praising the first issue of AUM Magazine.
19 December 1965	Began first lecture series: in Minneapolis.
1-13 January 1966	Transit strike in New York. Chinmoy walked to work from Brooklyn every day.
20 March 1966	Recital at the Indian Cultural Centre.
22 July 1966	The AUM Centre was incorporated in Puerto Rico. This was the first Centre in the world.
30 July 1966	Sri Chinmoy's writings began to appear regularly in El Mundo in Puerto Rico.
12 August 1966	The AUM Centre was legally registered in New York. This was the second Centre in the world.
Early 1967	The Transcendental Photograph was taken by Priyta Lakhini from Jamaica, West Indies.
29 April 1967	Meeting with Paul Richard.
13 June 1967	Resigned from the Indian Consulate.
20 July 1967	First TV appearance: WIPR, Puerto Rico.
1 August 1967	First radio interview: WLUZ, Puerto Rico.
13 August 1967	Began Songs of the Soul.
27 August 1967	Composed the Invocation.

Source: "A Brief Chronology" in My Consulate Years, by Sri Chinmoy, Agni press, Jamaica, New York, 1996, p.141.