Historical clue formulations

• Fall guy — 2018-04-22
• Shakespeare's Shylock, for one — 2017-06-02
• One who seems responsible but isn't — 2016-07-10
• One getting the blame — 2012-09-11
• Patsy — 2006-11-17
• Butt — 2005-04-16
• Blame unjustly — 1995-07-29