Historical clue formulations

• He passed Babe in 1974 — 2024-07-27
• Bunch of hair — 2024-04-26
• Bit of hair — 2023-05-24
• Detroit Tiger whose #5 is retired — 2016-06-19
• Yarn quantity — 2013-12-08
• Yarn unit — 2011-11-04
• Baseball's Hammerin' ___ — 2011-08-01
• Bit of hair — 2009-03-13
• Snow on an album cover — 2007-07-14
• Coil — 2006-10-06
• Snow in Nashville — 2006-03-18
• Unit of yarn — 2002-10-13
• Handful of hair — 2002-07-28
• Some yarn — 2001-11-01
• Length of yarn — 2001-01-15
• Handful — 2000-11-25
• Bit of yarn — 1998-06-16
• Bit of hair — 1998-03-17
• Length of yarn — 1997-08-25
• Amount of hair — 1997-05-14
• Yarn measure — 1995-02-15