On this day in music history - A Magical Christmas, by Laura Sullivan (2018):

A Magical Christmas

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released October 2, 2018.

Track list:

The Bells of Christmas; Up on the Housetop / Ode to Joy; Ave Maria; The First Noel; Waltz of the Flowers - The Nutcracker; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; Canon in D / Deck the Halls; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - The Nutcracker; Angels We Have Heard on High; The Gift of Peace; Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

On this day in music history - Fanatic, by Heart (2012):

Fanatic

Album by Heart,

released October 2, 2012.

Track list:

Fanatic; Dear Old America; Walkin’ Good - Heart feat. Sarah McLachlan; Skin and Bones; A Million Miles; Pennsylvania; Mashallah!; Rock Deep (Vancouver); 59 Crunch; Corduroy Road.

On this day in music history - Only Breath, by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen (2007):

Only Breath

Album by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen,

released October 2, 2007.

Track list:

Forgotten Wings - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Sama - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Before the Beginning - Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; River - Michaelle Goerlitz, Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Dave Worm; Beyond the Light - Michaelle Goerlitz, Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Ulali; O’Clock News - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Keeping Quiet - Michaelle Goerlitz, Erika Luckett, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Practice - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; In Impossible Darkness - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Benjy Wertheimer; Inside the Soul - Kai Eckhardt, Michaelle Goerlitz, Kim Rosen, Evan Schiller, Jami Sieber, Ulali, Julie Wolf; Only Breath - Kai Eckhardt, Eben Eldridge, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Benjy Wertheimer, Julie Wolf; Love After Love - Michaelle Goerlitz, Erika Luckett, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Julie Wolf.

On this day in movie history - Godfathers and Sons (2003):

Godfathers and Sons

documentary directed by Marc Levin,

part 5 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 2, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast:

Ahmir, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Jamar Chess, Marshall Chess, Phil Chess, Chuck D, Common, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Mick Jagger, Morris Jennings, Bob Koester, Sam Lay, Brownie McGhee, Pinetop Perkins, Public Enemy, Rahzel, Keith Richards, Johnny Juice Rosado, Magic Slim, KoKo Taylor, Ike Turner, Phil Upchurch, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Rob Stone.

On this day in movie history - The Apartment (1996):

The Apartment

French title: L'Appartement,

directed and written by Gilles Mimouni,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1996.

Music by Peter Chase.

Cast:

Monica Bellucci, Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Granier, Paul Pavel, Nelly Alard, Bruno Leonelli, Tateo Isaizaki, Tsuyu Shimizu, Ricardo Mateo, Vincent Nemeth, Bruno Fernández Vella, Juan Carlos Martín Alonso, Claude Hirch, Hervé Jakubowicz, Oury Milshtein, Roger Patrice Bernard, Vanessa Soboul, Sandra Gayarre, Marcel Godot, André Haber, Bruno Ricci, Fenia Papadodima, Edouard Baer, Michel Bompoil, Michèle Rème, Jorge Bosch, Eva Ionesco, Diane Calma, César Chiffre.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995 & 1996)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Interface.

Released October 2, 1993.

Directed by Robert Wiemer.

Written by Joe Menosky, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Madge Sinclair, Warren Munson, Ben Vereen, Lena Banks, Michael Braveheart, Debbie David, Gary Hunter, Joyce Robinson, Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Twisted.

Released October 2, 1995.

Directed by Kim Friedman.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Arnold Rudnick, Rich Hosek.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Judy Geeson, Larry Hankin, Tom Virtue, Terry Correll, Kimberly Auslander, Majel Barrett, James Delano, Christine Delgado, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Julie Jiang, Bob Mascagno, Louis Ortiz, Tami Peterson, Richard Sarstedt, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: False Profits.

Released October 2, 1996.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, George A. Brozak, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Dan Shor, Leslie Jordan, Michael Ensign, Rob LaBelle, Alan Altshuld, John Walter Davis, Christine Artecona-Cornell, Kimm Collinsworth, Tarik Ergin, Heather Rattray, Shepard Ross, Linnea Soohoo.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Minefield.

Released October 2, 2002.

Directed by James Contner.

Written by John Shiban, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Tim Glenn, Elizabeth Magness, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jef Ayres, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Dawn Drake, Evan English, Hilde Garcia, Peter Godoy, Bryan Heiberg, Scott Sterling Hill, John Jurgens, Marnie Martin, Mark Watson.

On this day in movie history - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992):

Glengarry Glen Ross

directed by James Foley,

written by David Mamet,

based on the play by David Mamet,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1992.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce, Bruce Altman, Jude Ciccolella, Paul Butler, Lori Tan Chinn, Neal Jones, Barry Rohrssen, Leigh French, George Cheung, Murphy Dunne, Dana Lee, Julie Payne, Gregory Snegoff, Skipp Lynch.

On this day in movie history - Slam Dance (1987):

Slam Dance

directed by Wayne Wang,

written by Don Keith Opper,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1987.
Music by Mitchell Froom.

Cast:

Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper, Adam Ant, Harry Dean Stanton, John Doe, Millie Perkins, Herta Ware, Judith Barsi, Robert Beltran, Rosalind Chao, Sasha Delgado, Joshua Caceras, Marty Levy, John Currie Slade, Julian Deyer, Dennis Hayden, Marc Anthony Thompson, Lin Shaye, Michael Ennis, Lisa Niemi, Jeris Poindexter, Christopher J. Keene, Laura Campbell, Philip Granger, John Fleck, Buckley Norris, Frazer Smith, Helen Kelly, Jackie Swanson, Jordana Toback.

On this day in movie history - The Gambler (1974):

The Gambler

directed by Karel Reisz,

written by James Toback,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1974.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi, Vic Tayback, Steven Keats, London Lee, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods, Carl W. Crudup, Allan Rich, Stuart Margolin, Ric Mancini, Joel Wolfe, Raymond Serra, William Andrews, Joseph Attles, Antonio Fargas, Ernest Butler, Sully Boyar, Gregory Rozakis, Starletta DuPois, Lucille Patton, Ed Kovens, Baron Wilson, Richard Foronjy, Frank Sivero, Frank Adonis, Philip Sterling, Patricia Fay, Beatrice Winde, Leon Pinkney, Alisha Fontaine, Presley Caton, Mitch Stein, Jonathan Kushner, Charles Polk, Dick Schaap, Chick Hearn, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jerry Leon, Melanie Mayron.

On this day in movie history - The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974):

The Taking of Pelham 123

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by Peter Stone,

based on the novel by John Godey,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1974.
Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Beatrice Winde, Jerry Stiller, Nathan George, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts, Julius Harris, Cynthia Belgrave, Anna Berger, Gary Bolling, Carol Cole, Alex Colon, Joe Fields, Mari Gorman, Michael Gorrin, Thomas La Fleur, María Landa, Louise Larabee, George Lee Miles, Carolyn Nelson, Eric O'Hanian, Lucy Saroyan, William Snickowski, Barry Snyder, Walter Jones, Jerry Holland, Robert Weil, Penny Krompier, Christopher Murney, Timothy Meyers, Ruth Attaway, Thomas Barbour, Marvin Silbersher, Neil Brooks Cunningham, Sal Viscuso, Tony Fasce, Burtt Harris, Gene Gross, Walter Lott, Conrad Yama, Sho Onodera, Toru Nagai, Tura Nakamura, Rowena Rollins, Joseph Attles, Willis Pinkett, Michelle Matthow, Isabella Hoopes, Bill Cobbs, Jim Pelham, Joe Seneca, Gino Gennaro, Carmine Foresta, Tony Roberts, Hy Anzell, Ines Hellendall, Jean-Paul Hellendall, Ben Lautman, Carey Loftin, James Mapes, Paul Nuckles, Jay Rasumny, Charles Silvern, Dominique St. Pierre, Dolph Sweet, Frank Ventgen.

On this day in movie history - Coogan’s Bluff (1968):

Coogan’s Bluff

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Herman Miller, Dean Riesner and Howard Rodman,

based on the novel by Herman Miller,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1968.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully, Melodie Johnson, James Edwards, Rudy Diaz, David Doyle, Louis Zorich, Meg Myles, Marjorie Bennett, Seymour Cassel, John Coe, Skip Battyn, Albert Popwell, Conrad Bain, James Gavin, Albert Henderson, James McCallion, Syl Lamont, Jess Osuna, Jerry Summers, Antonia Rey, Marya Henriques.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Sunday Punch.
Released October 2, 1959.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Barry Kelley, Robert Knapp, Jo Kaiser, Hugh Lawrence, Smoki Whitfield, Phil Phillips, Rita Duncan, Fred Graham, Jack Perry.

Born on this day – Janusz Olejniczak:

Janusz Olejniczak

Pianist

Actor

October 2, 1952 – October 20, 2024

Credits:

AVE MARIA (Ellens Gesang III) D. 839 / Short (1990); Blue Note (1991); Die Drehscheibe (1981); Influence (2015); Le grand échiquier (1989); Les Milles (1995); The 2016 European Film Awards (2016); The Pianist (2002); Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny (1999).

Born on this day – Paul D'Amato:

Paul D'Amato

Actor

October 2, 1949 – February 19, 2024

Credits:

The Unusuals (2009); Light and the Sufferer (2007); The Living Wake (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2005); Law & Order (1993–2002); The Opportunists (1999); Men Under Water (1998); Six Ways to Sunday (1997); Destination Anywhere (1997); Crimson Lights (1994); Dangerous Affairs (1993); American Playhouse (1988); Suspect (1987); A Case of Deadly Force (1986); F/X (1986); Murder Ink (1983); Heaven's Gate (1980); Firepower (1979); The Deer Hunter (1978); Heaven Can Wait (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Deadliest Season (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Code R (1977); Magnum Force (1973).

Stage play:

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1996).

Born on this day – Persis Khambatta:

Persis Khambatta

Actress

Model

Producer

October 2, 1948 – August 18, 1998

Credits:

Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1968); Bheegi Raat (1965); Casablanca (1983); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); Deadly Intent (1988); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1984); First Strike (1984); Get High on Yourself (1981); Good Morning America (1980); Hunter (1986); Jazira (1987); Kama Sutra (1969); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); MacGyver (1986); Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012); Megaforce (1982); Men Who Rate a 10 (1980); Miss Universe Pageant (1965); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1979); My Beautiful Laundrette (1985); Nighthawks (1981); Not a Nice Man to Know (1998); Phoenix the Warrior (1988); Pinjre Ke Panchhi (1966); Sammy LaBella: The Real Skip E. Lowe (2025); Shingora (1986); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Teaser (1979); Terror in the Aisles (1984); That's Action (1990); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021); The Lost Enterprise: Star Trek - Phase II (2001); The Man with the Power (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1983); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Miss Teen USA Pageant (1983); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Warrior of the Lost World (1983).

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – Robin Hardy:

Robin Hardy

Director

Writer

Actor

October 2, 1929 – July 1, 2016

Born on this day – Moses Gunn:

Moses Gunn

Actor

October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993

Credits:

20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 60 Millionen für Phantásien - Wie die 'unendliche Geschichte' ins Kino kam (1984); A Man Called Hawk (1989); Aaron Loves Angela (1975); Amazing Grace (1974); Amen (1989); American Playhouse (1984–1985); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998); Assignment: Vienna (1973); Bates Motel (1987); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Brother Future (1991); Carter's Army (1970); Certain Fury (1985); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Day of Absence (1971); Dixie Lanes (1988); Eagle in a Cage (1972); East Side/West Side (1964); Equal Justice (1990); Father Murphy (1981–1983); Firestarter (1984); Flag (1988); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Good Times (1977); Great Performances (1976); Haunts of the Very Rich (1972); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hill Street Blues (1987); Homicide: Life on the Street (1993 / 1996); Hotel (1986); How Do Your Children Grow? (1972); If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972); John Mercer Langston (1974); Kung Fu (1973); Law of the Land (1976); Leonard Part 6 (1987); Little House on the Prairie (1977–1981); Maude (1978); McCloud (1972); Memphis (1992); Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (1991); Movin' On (1975); Murder Times Seven (1990); N.Y.P.D. (1968); No Room for Opal (1993); Nothing But a Man (1964); Of Mice and Men (1968); Perfect Harmony (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Ragtime (1981); Remember My Name (1978); Rollerball (1975); Roots (1977); Salvage 1 (1979); Shaft (1971); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Snoops (1990); Switch (1977); Tales from the Crypt (1990); The 20th Annual Obie Awards (1975); The Contender (1980); The Cowboys (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1969); The Great White Hope (1970); The Hot Rock (1972); The House of Dies Drear (1984); The Iceman Cometh (1973); The Jeffersons (1975 / 1978); The Luckiest Man in the World (1989); The Magical World of Disney (1975); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Sheriff (1971); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1974); The Women of Brewster Place (1989); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Vega$ (1978); What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); Wild Rovers (1971); WUSA (1970).

Born on this day – Ramona Fradon:

Ramona Fradon

Artist

Illustrator

October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

1st Issue Special (1975); Adventure Comics (1938); Alter Ego (1999); Aquaman (1962); Blackhawk (1957); Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (2006); Choices (1990); Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002); DC Super Stars (1976); Dignifying Science (1999); Fantastic Four (1961); Freedom Fighters (1976); Gang Busters (1947); Ghosts (1971); House of Mystery (1951); House of Secrets (1956); Invaders Now! (2010); Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman (2002); Metamorpho (1965); More Secret Origins Replica Edition (1999); Namora (2010); Plastic Man (1976); Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (2004); Plop! (1973); Secrets of Haunted House (1975); Secrets of Sinister House (1972); Showcase (1956); Silver Age: Doom Patrol (2000); Teen Titans (1966); The Adventures of Unemployed Man (2010); The Brave and the Bold (1955); The Super Friends (1976); The Unexpected (1968); Wonder Woman (1987); World's Finest Comics (1941).

Movies, television and video:

Aquaman (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Black Adam (2022); Dare2Draw Studio's Chat (2016); Imagine the Dreams (2019); Peacemaker (2022); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); She Makes Comics (2014); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Flash (2023); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); Titans (2021); Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Young Justice (2019).

Born on this day – Shirley Clarke:

Shirley Clarke

Director

Producer

Editor

October 2, 1919 – September 23, 1997