** The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer ISBN 0-671-73590-X

** Laura Linney, American actress

** Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress

** Laura Branigan, American singer ( d. 2004 )

** Laura Innes, American actress and director ( ER )

** Laura Welch ( later Bush ) causes a car accident that results in the death of Michael Dutton Douglas in her hometown of Midland, Texas.

** Laura Davies, English golfer

** Laura Pausini, Italian singer

** Laura Dern, American actress

** Laura Fygi, Dutch singer

** Laura Muntz Lyall, Canadian painter ( b. 1860 )

** Laura E. Richards, American author ( d. 1943 )

** Laura, beloved of Petrarch ( b. 1310 )

** Grease: The New Broadway Cast Recording ( 2007 album ), the new Broadway cast recording of the musical featuring Max Crumm and Laura Osnes

** Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

** The Twinkle Tales ( as " Laura Bancroft ")

** Bobby Beale, Cindy Beale, Elizabeth Beale, Ian Beale, Jane Beale, Kathy Beale, Kenny Beale, Laura Beale, Lou Beale, Lucy Beale, Melanie Beale, Pat Beale, Pauline Beale, Pete Beale, Peter Beale, Steven Beale

** Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott assisted by Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe ( Houghton ).

** Laura Bassi

** Laura Filipek, Alicia Gjesvold, Jeremy Sargent, Daniel Splaingard, Mark Wise

** Michael Tilson Thomas ( conductor ); Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane ( choir directors ), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Pacific Boychoir & San Francisco Girls Chorus ; Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef & Erin Wall ( soloists ); San Francisco Symphony ( orchestra ) for Mahler: Symphony No. 8

** Michael Tilson Thomas ( conductor ); Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane ( choir directors ); Andreas Neubronner ( producer ); Peter Laenger ( engineer / mixer ); Andreas Neubronner ( mastering engineer ); Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall ; San Francisco Symphony ; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 ; Adagio From Symphony No. 10

** Laura Bush states that same-sex marriage is " a very, very shocking issue " for some people.

** Authors: Bill Bridges, Alan Bryden, Brian Campbell, Andrew Greenberg, Lee Hammock, Dave Harrison, Samuel Inabinet, Bill Maxwell, Angus McNicholl, Angelus Michaels, Laura Poplin, Rustin Quaide, Sandra Schneider, Nicky Rea, Jay Verkuilen, James Walker-Bumcrot, Mat Wakefield, Martin Welnicki, Alex Wichert, Gabriel Zarate

** Danielle Harris, American actress

** Joanne Harris, English novelist

** Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, American students who committed the Columbine High School massacre ( both born 1981 )

** Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter

** Lauren Harris, British vocalist

** Lauren Harris, English singer

** Frank Harris, Irish author and editor ( b. 1856 )

** Harwell Hamilton Harris, American architect ( d. 1990 )

** Rachael Harris, American actress and comedian

** Mel Harris, American actress

** Estelle Harris, American actress

** Harris Yulin, American actor

** In a special election for the U. S. Senate, Harris Wofford scores an electoral upset against Dick Thornburgh, who had led him by 44 points in an August opinion poll.

** Wilson Harris, Guyanese writer

** The Harris Poll claims that 60 % of Americans are against the Vietnam War.

** In Houston, Texas, the Harris County Domed Stadium ( more commonly known as the Astrodome ) opens.

** Neil Patrick Harris, American actor

** A Unabomber bomb injures Northwestern University graduate student John Harris.

** Roy Harris, American composer ( b. 1898 )

** Roy Harris, American composer ( d. 1979 )

** Rosie Harris, English author

** Rolf Harris, Australian-born entertainer

** Richard Harris, Irish actor ( d. 2002 )

** Night People-Jed Harris, Tom Reed