Historical clue formulations

• Takes the throne, say — 2022-11-04
• Is on the up and up? — 2018-10-07
• Does half of a mountaineering expedition — 2017-12-13
• Climbs — 2017-07-09
• Moves heavenward — 2017-01-10
• Heads up — 2012-07-01
• Is caught up in the Rapture, e.g. — 2011-08-28
• Climbs — 2008-12-17
• Gains altitude — 1996-07-30
• Scales, as a ladder — 1995-05-01