Historical clue formulations

• Miss badly, maybe — 2026-09-02
• Sit shiva, e.g. — 2021-10-17
• Show grief — 2018-08-12
• Attend a funeral, say — 2017-05-01
• Miss badly, say — 2016-06-19
• Be a blessed person, per Matthew 5:4 — 2013-03-09
• Wear black, say — 2012-06-05
• Bewail — 2011-05-24
• Emulate Electra — 2010-09-11
• Grieve — 2009-02-22
• Keen — 2008-09-12
• Wear black, perhaps — 2008-06-18
• Express grief — 2006-11-28
• Grieve — 2006-01-02
• Do as Niobe did — 2005-08-26
• Opposite of celebrate — 2003-01-15
• Lament — 2002-06-24
• Bewail — 2002-05-10
• Lament — 2000-03-19
• Grieve — 2000-02-07
• Lament — 1998-08-20
• Wear black, perhaps — 1997-11-23
• Keen — 1997-08-31
• Bewail — 1995-02-26