Historical clue formulations

• Manages to find a spot, say — 2024-10-21
• Playground places — 2023-04-03
• Partner of recreation — 2019-03-07
• Gets lucky with one's car downtown, say — 2016-08-16
• City department purview — 2014-09-25
• Yellowstone and Yosemite — 2013-05-06
• Late civil rights pioneer Rosa — 2005-11-01
• Picnic places — 1997-09-08