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

** Laura Linney, American 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 Harris, Canadian actress

** 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

** Royal Canadian Mounted Police — accorded the status of a regiment of Dragoons in 1921 and remained so until 1937.

** Commodore ( Canada ), in the Canadian Forces

** Canadian House of Commons Page Program

** Canadian Senate Page Program

** Progressive Canadian Party, Canada's new progressive conservative party

** Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, a conservative political party of the Canadian province of Alberta

** Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, a now-defunct Canadian centre-right conservative political party

** Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, a conservative political party of the Canadian province of Ontario

** Prism ( Prism album ), the debut album of the Canadian band

** The Record ( magazine ), a former trade magazine of the Canadian music industry

** The Canadian Football League scrapped all games for the ensuing week.

** These benthic and limnetic species even display their mating preferences when presented with sticklebacks from Japanese lakes ; that is, a Canadian benthic prefers a Japanese benthic over its close limnetic cousin from its own lake.

** Quarter ( Canadian coin )

** CKO ( a now-defunct Canadian all news radio network ) begins broadcasting.

** Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, opens the 3rd session of the 30th Canadian Parliament.

** Santino Marella, Canadian wrestler

** Jason Greeley, Canadian singer

** Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player

** Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player

** Shane Meier, Canadian actor

** Jarome Iginla, Canadian hockey player

** Peter Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey player

** Martin Biron, Canadian hockey player

** Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player

** Bianca Beauchamp, Canadian latex model