August 16: Today in Comics History Index

• August 16, 1781: You Say You Want a Revolution (Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #6-7 and others)
• August 16, 1955: Newspapers put on headphones (Big Town #39)
• August 16, 1991: Police siren promotes the All-New WEO 94.7, playing the hits from morning 'til night! (Madonna #1)
• August 16, 1997: Lois lies through omission to the press (Superman #423)
• August 16, 2016: El Marko™ is invented (The Black Monday Murders #1)
  
  
• August 16: Critics praise authentic criminal slang in new how-to book (Adventure Comics #145)
• August 16: Batman yadda yadda yadda so what else is new (Detective Comics #203)
• August 16: Punisher farts in court (Punisher: The Trial of the Punisher #2)

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Celebrity birthdays:

• August 16, 1958: Madonna

Character birthdays:

• August 16, 1943: Alfred Pennyworth (Injustice Universe)
• August 16: Jason Todd
• August 16: Professor Ira West