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<noinclude>{{On this day/doc}}</noinclude>'''[[{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|2}}August 16]]''':
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*[[1984]] – [[Santa Rosa County Commission]]er '''[[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.