On this day in music history:

Sirius by Clannad (1987)

Hello (Turn Your Radio On) by Shakespears Sister (1992)

The Art of Susan Graham by Susan Graham (2010)

Sanctuary II: Earth by Sherry Finzer (2011)

Sirius

Album by Clannad,

released October 26, 1987.

Track list: In Search Of A Heart; Second Nature; Turning Tide; Skellig; Stepping Stone; White Fool; Something To Believe In; Live And Learn; Many Roads; Sirius.

Hello (Turn Your Radio On)

Song by Shakespears Sister,

released October 26, 1992.

The Art of Susan Graham

Album by Susan Graham,

released October 26, 2010.

Track list: O del mio dolce ardor bramato oggetto!; Le nozze de Figaro; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio; La clemenza di Tito; Parto, ma tu, ben mio; Iphigénie en Tauride; Non, je n’espère plus... Ô toi qui prolongeas mes jours; Ô malheureuse Iphigénie!; Non, cet affreux devoir je ne puis le remplir... Je t’implore et je tremble; Voi che sapete che cosa è amor; Deh, per questo istante solo; Qu’entends-Je? Qu’a-t-il dit?... Amour, viens rendre à mon âme; Non ho colpa, e mi condanni; J’ai perdu mon Eurydice; Dunque sperer poss’io... Il tenero momento; He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!; Hochgetürmte Rimaflut; Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen am allerschönsten ist?; Lieber Gott, du weißt, wie oft bereut ich hab; Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze; Röslein dreie in der Reihe blüh’n so rot; Kommt dir manchmal in del Sinn, mein süßes Lieb; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament; De rêve; De grève; De fleurs; De soir; Nacht; Schilflied; Die Nachtigall; Traumgekrönt; Im Zimmer; Liebesode; Sommertage; L’Anguille; Carte postale; Avant le cinema; 1904; Vois-tu, je m’en veux; J’ai deux amants; Vagabonde; À Chloris; Fantoches; Liebst du um Schönheit; Sexy Lady; La Fleur des eaux; Interlude; La Mort de l’amour; Asie; La Flûte enchantée; L’Indifférent; Le Balcon; Harmonie du soir; Le Jet d’eau; Recueillement; C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour!; J’ai deux amants; Yes; Si vous saviez; Ô mon bel inconnu; Je ne vois rien... Lorsque je n’étais qu’une enfant; Les hommes sont biens tous les mêmes; Air de la Lettre; L’amour est un oiseau rebelle; Vous-tu, je m’en veux à moi-même; Être adore; Je regrette mon Pressigny; Amour! Amour! quel est donc ton pouvoir; Mon rêve; C’est très vilain d’être infidèle; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue; Vagabonde; Di te mi rido; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto; Autrefois un roi de Thulé; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?; The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Swimmers; Memories (A - Very Pleasant, B - Rather Sad); Ann Street; Serenity (A unison chant); 1, 2, 3; Songs My Mother Taught Me; The Circus Band; The Cage; The Indians; Like a Sick Eagle; A sound of a distant horn; September; Soliloquy (or A Study in Sevenths and Other Things); A Farewell to Land; Thoreau; This journey. This journey to Christ; Who will walk with me?; He will gather us around; Sonnet; Clouds; Early in the Morning; The Serpent; Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal; Opus 101; I Strolled Across an Open Field; To a Young Girl; Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair; Ode: Je te salute, heureuse Paix; For Poulenc; Little Elgy; Alleluia; Look Down, Fair Moon; O You Whom I Often and Silently Come; I Will Always Love You; The Tulip Tree; The Wintry Mind; I am Rose; The Lordly Hudson; O Do Not Love Too Long; Far - Far – Away; For Susan; A Journey; Sometimes with One I Love; Love; Orchids; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; Do I Love You More Than a Day?; Ferry Me Across the Water; The Sowers; That Shadow, My Likeness.

Sanctuary II: Earth

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released October 26, 2011.

Track list: Earth; Dream Flight; Tranquil Waters; Woodlands; At Dawn’s First Light; Redwoods.

On this day in movie history - The Terminator (1984):

The Terminator

directed by James Cameron,

written by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd,

was released in the United States on October 26, 1984.
Music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich, Bess Motta, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, Shawn Schepps, Bruce M. Kerner, Franco Columbu, Bill Paxton, Brad Rearden, Brian Thompson, William Wisher, Ken Fritz, Tom Oberhaus, Ed Dogans, Ed Dogans, Joe Farago, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Tony Mirelez, Philip Gordon, Anthony Trujillo, Stan Yale, Al Kahn, Leslie Morris, Hugh Farrington, Harriet Medin, Loree Frazier, James Ralston, Norman Friedman, Barbara Powers, Wayne Stone, David Michels, John E. Bristol, Webster Williams, Patrick Pinney, Bill W. Richmond, Chino ‘Fats’ Williams, Greg Robbins, Marianne Muellerleile, John Durban, Robin Antin, Marian Green, J. Randolph Harrison, David Kristin, Darrell Mapson, Bob Ritchie, John Stuart West.

Born on this day – Ted Demme:

Ted Demme

Director

Producer

Actor

October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002

Born on this day – Pascale Ogier:

Pascale Ogier

Actress

October 26, 1958 – October 25, 1984

Credits:

Aujourd'hui la vie (1984); Ave Maria (1984); Biennale del cinema di Venezia - Serata finale (1984); Bulle Ogier sur Radio Ark en Ciel (Carnet Filmé: 29 juin 1982) (1982); Catherine de Heilbronn (1980); Cinéma cinémas (1984); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Down by Law (1986); Full Moon in Paris (1984); Ghost Dance (1983); Il est trop tard pour rien (1982); Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2016); La nuit des César (1985); Lady of the Camelias (1981); Le Pont du Nord (1981); Life the Way It Is (1978); Outward Signs of Wealth (1983); Paris Goes Away (1981); Pascale Ogier, voyage astral (2022); Paulina Is Leaving (1969); Perceval le Gallois (1978); Radio Serpent (1980); Rembob'Ina (2024); Rosette par Rosette (1983); Rosette vend des roses (1985); Télévision de chambre (1983).

Born on this day – Lydia Lisle:

Lydia Lisle

Actress

October 26, 1947 – May 11, 2017

Credits:

Beryl's Lot (1975); Drummonds (1985–1987); Marked Personal (1974); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1977); Pickersgill People (1978); Play for Today (1973–1978); Rooms (1975); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Sounding Brass (1980); Space: 1999 (1976); The Elephant Man (1980); The Professionals (1978–1979); The Sweeney (1978); The Tomorrow People (1975); Whodunnit? (1973).

Born on this day – Pat Conroy:

Pat Conroy

Writer

October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016

Books:

A Lowcountry Heart (2016); A Stranger's House (1988); A Word On Words (2023); A World Made Of Fire (1984); Beach Music (1994); Big Bad Love (1990); Cold Sassy Tree (1984); Desert Places (2004); Domestic Pleasures (1991); East Coast Girls (2020); Fate Moreland's Widow (2015); First Words (1993); Heir To the Everlasting (2011); Letter to My Daughter (2010); Man in the Blue Moon (2012); My Losing Season (2002); My Reading Life / aka My Life in Books (2010); Prague (2002); South of Broad (2009); Special Kay (2000); Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe I (2002); Sweetsmoke (2008); The Boo (1970); The Death of Santini (2013); The Fifty-first State (2013); The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle (2001); The Great Santini (1976); The Great Santini / The Lords of Discipline (2016); The Invisible Circus (1994); The King of Lies (2006); The Lords of Discipline (1980); The Pat Conroy Cookbook (2004); The Perfect Love Song (2010); The Prince of Tides (1986); The Prince of Tides / The Water is Wide (2016); The Tender Mercy of Roses (2011); The Water is Wide (1972); The Wave Dancer Benefit (2002); The Winters in Bloom (2011); The World of Pat Conroy (1991); Valley of the Shadow (1998); Where It Hurts (2016); Where the Rivers Merge (2025).

Movies and television:

Conrack (1974); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2011); Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel (2012); Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White (1998); The Bob Braun Show (1974); The Great Santini (1979); The Lords of Discipline (1983); The Prince of Tides (1991); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Water Is Wide (2006); Unconquered (1989).

Born on this day – Bob Hoskins:

Bob Hoskins

Actor

October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (2009); A Christmas Carol: The Video Game (2009); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); American Virgin (1999); And All Who Sail in Her (1973); Balto (1995); Beyond the Limit (1983); Beyond the Sea (2004); Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Brecht and Co (1979); British Gas (1991); British Gas 2 (1991); BT it's Good to Talk (1994); BT it's Good to Talk Surprise Saver (1996); Captain Jack (1999); Cousin Bette (1998); Crown Court (1973); David Copperfield (1999); Den of Lions (2003); Don Quixote (2000); Doomsday (2008); Enemy at the Gates (2001); Felicia's Journey (1999); Flickers (1980); Frasier (2003); Full House (1973); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Go Go Tales (2007); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywoodland (2006); Hook (1991); If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974); In the Looking Glass (1978); Inserts (1975); Jamie T: Sheila (2007); Kate (1972); Lassiter (1984); Last Orders (2001); Let the Good Times Roll (1999); Made in Dagenham (2010); Maid in Manhattan (2002); Mermaids (1990); Michael (1996); Mona Lisa (1986); Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005); Mussolini and I (1985); Neverland (2011); New Scotland Yard (1973); Nixon (1995); Noriega: God's Favorite (2000); Of Mycenae and Men (1979); Omnibus (1973); On the Move (1975); Othello (1981); Outlaw (2007); Outside Bet (2012); Paris, Je T'aime (2006); Parting Shots (1998); Passed Away (1992); Paul Hardcastle: Just for Money (1985); Pennies from Heaven (1978); Performance (1993); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Pinocchio (2009); Play for Today (1972); Rainbow (1995); Rainbow (1995); Rock Follies of '77 (1977); Royal Flash (1975); Ruby Blue (2007); Saturday Night Live (1998); Shattered (1991); Sheppey (1980); Shoulder to Shoulder (1974); Sir Yellow (1973); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Softly Softly: Task Force (1973); Son of the Mask (2005); Sparkle (2007); Spice World (1997); Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981); Stay (2005); Super Mario Bros. (1993); Sweet Liberty (1986); Tales from the Crypt (1996); The Beggar's Opera (1983); The Big Freeze (1993); The Cotton Club (1984); The Crezz (1976); The Dunera Boys (1985); The Englishman's Boy (2008); The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991); The Forgotten Toys (1995); The Good Pope (2003); The Inner Circle (1991); The Last Word Monologues (2008); The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Lost World (2001); The Main Chance (1972); The National Health (1973); The Raggedy Rawney (1988); The Secret Agent (1996); The Sleeping Dictionary (2003); The Street (2009); The Underworld (1994); The White River Kid (1999); The Wind in the Willows (2006); The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985); Thick as Thieves (1974); Three Piece Suite (1977); Thriller (1975); Tube Tales (1999); Tummy Trouble (1989); TwentyFourSeven (1997); Unleashed (2005); Up the Front (1972); Van der Valk (1977); Vanity Fair (2004); Villains (1972); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Where Eskimos Live (2002); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Will (2011); World War II: When Lions Roared (1994); Zulu Dawn (1979).