1937 – Pribalkhashstroi settlement is transformed into the town of Balkhash. 2011 - Representatives of the Kazakh diaspora are awarded gratitude letters dated to the 100th anniversary of Hero of Soviet Union Bauyrzhan Momyshuly for contribution to Kazakhstan-Russia relations and active promotion of the Kazakh culture in the Russian Federation. 2013 - The Al-Farabi Kazakh National University becomes the only university in Kazakhstan and Central Asia to join the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP). 2014 – The Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the Kazakh President (KazISS) moves premises from Almaty to Astana (now Nur-Sultan). 2016 - The UN publishes an album with messages from space explorers to the future generations on this day. The first Kazakhstani and the last Soviet cosmonaut Tokhtar Aubakirov's message as of September 5, 2011 in the album reads: «World without boundaries!»