Historical clue formulations

• Conductor Bernstein — 2016-01-25
• Sheldon's apartment-mate on "The Big Bang Theory" — 2014-07-13
• "Get Shorty" novelist Elmore ___ — 2013-09-17
• Conductor Bernstein — 2011-07-25
• Irish dramatist Hugh, who won a Tony for "Da" — 2004-06-20
• Tony-winning dramatist Hugh — 1999-10-24
• "Fifty-two Pickup" crime novelist — 1996-05-11