Historical clue formulations

• Cain with a 2012 presidential campaign — 2021-11-17
• Appropriate name for that woman's husband? — 2021-04-30
• Bandleader with the #1 hit "Blues in the Night" — 2009-07-18
• "Hello, Dolly!" composer — 2008-10-04
• Jerry who wrote "Hello, Dolly!" — 2008-08-16
• Novelist Melville — 2008-03-17
• Mr. Munster, of 60's TV — 2000-08-16
• Broadway great Jerry — 2000-01-13
• One of the Munsters — 1998-05-17
• Screenwriter Mankiewicz — 1997-12-14
• Babe Ruth's middle name — 1997-01-16