This traction on the retina, which is painless, sends a sensation of light to the brain that we see as flashers. People typically describe these as non-colored sparkles of light in one corner of the field of vision, usually affecting one eye.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond celebrated his 100th birthday in the U.S. Senate in December 2002; New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg is the oldest current U.S. senator; he is to turn 89 next month.
Bernie Sanders Would Be the Oldest President In U.S. History. A chart of every president by his age when first elected to office. If Bernie Sanders succeeds in his bid for the presidency, which he confirmed on Wednesday, he will be the oldest person ever to be elected president. The person most likely to stand in Sandersâs way, Hillary Clinton, will be 69 on the day of the generation election. Only Ronald Reagan was older when first elected.