On this day: February 28

POSTED: 07:54 PM PST Feb 26, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 27, 2013 

Nylon is invented, the "M*A*S*H" finale draws a record audience, Michael Jackson wins a record eight Grammys, the Gulf War ends, and the Branch Davidian standoff begins, all on this day.

OTD February 28 - Frank Gehry
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1929: Architect Frank Gehry, whose buildings have become tourist attractions, is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some of his most famous works includes the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; the Experience Music Project in Seattle; the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park; and 8 Spruce Street in New York City.

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