2014 Event NASA announces that its Kepler space telescope has discovered 715 planets in other solar systems, bringing the instrument's new-planet tally to 961; four of the latest discoveries are thought to have an orbit favorable to habitation, but the distance of these planets makes exploration impossible with current technology 2011 Event Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, reveals it is impossible to protect Bangkok from flooding; calls the floods a 'national crisis' 2010 Event In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan 1996 Death Greg Morris, actor (Mission Impossible), dies at 61 1972 Birthday Thandie Newton, born in London, England, actress, appeared in films, 'The Pursuit of Happyness', 'Mission Impossible II', 'The Chronicles of Riddick' 1968 Event 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain 1967 Event "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV 1967 Event 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball 1946 Birthday Lesley Ann Warren, New York City, actress, Cinderella, Mission Impossible 1945 Birthday Thaao Penghlis, actor, Mission Impossible, Tony-Days of Our Life 1945 Birthday Barbara Anderson, Brooklyn, actress, Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible 1944 Birthday Lynda Day George, San Marcos, Texas, actress, Casey-Mission Impossible 1944 Birthday Herman de Coninck, Flemish writer/poet, Impossible Work 1937 Birthday Peter Lupus, actor, Mission Impossible 1934 Birthday Greg Morris, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Mission Impossible, Vega$ 1931 Birthday Barbara Bain, Chic, actress, Cinnamon-Mission Impossible, Space 1999 1931 Birthday Leonard Nimoy, born in Boston, actor, Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible 1928 Birthday Martin Landau, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 'Mission Impossible', 'Space 1999', 'Ed Wood' 1925 Birthday Peter Graves, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, James Phelps-Mission Impossible 1911 Birthday Peter Graves, born in London, England, actor, Mission Impossible, Stalag 17
