Template:On this day/August 16

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

August 16:

• 1984 – Santa Rosa County Commissioner Leroy Johnson, father of State Representative Bolley "Bo" Johnson, was charged with contracting the murder of public works director Ben Henry Pooley, whose "death" was faked by local law enforcement.
• 2007 – The Escambia County Commission voted to take over full control of the West Florida Public Library system, while shifting the Escambia County Area Transit bus system to the City of Pensacola, which had not yet approved the deal.