Historical clue formulations

• Some suitors — 2025-10-17
• Bouquet offerers, maybe — 2019-09-22
• Boyfriends — 2012-04-30
• About half of all dates — 2011-02-05
• Some flames — 2008-01-10
• Swains — 2007-08-27
• Bridges and others — 2002-01-13
• Boyfriends — 1999-10-11
• Ones going to court — 1996-05-19