What Happened on April 16, 1999

Historical Events

Album Release

Anti-Records releases "Mule Variations", the thirteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; his biggest selling album goes on to win Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

Famous Deaths

Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane), dies of lung cancer at 52
Laurence Kirwan, British archaeologist (Sudan and Egyptian Nubia), dies at 91
Nicholas Cayzer, British shipping magnate (British and Commonwealth Shipping), dies at 89

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