Historical clue formulations

• The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g. — 2026-01-22
• Tang, e.g. — 2023-08-12
• Tang, for one — 2023-01-25
• See 39-Across — 2022-05-03
• Ming or Qing, in Chinese history — 2019-11-18
• The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak — 2019-07-16
• China's Ming or Manchu — 2018-10-08
• Power line? — 2017-02-03
• Bourbons, e.g. — 2016-02-12
• Powerful line — 2013-11-03
• Stengel's Yankees, e.g. — 2001-06-12
• The 60's Celtics, e.g. — 2000-07-05