In 1742 Swift suffered great pain from the inflammation of his left eye which swelled to the size of an egg; five attendants had to restrain him from tearing out his eye. (19 October 1745)
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Sunday 1st of September 1991 (-) — Victim of Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper Mary DeLuca is strangled by Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper. DeLuca was picked up by Rifkin, rushed through sex with him and he asked her if she wanted to die and she said yes so he strangled her to death, she never fought back. He left her body at a rest stop outside Cornwall where she was found on 1 October.